January 26th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 26, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Charlie Crist was in a close race with former state lawmaker Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat, a poll released…
January 25th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 25, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to stop the U.S. government from sending former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France to face money laundering charges.
The high court…
January 19th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 18, 2010 - By REUTERS - SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Billionaire Sebastian Pinera was elected Chile’s president on Sunday in a political shift to the right after 20 years of leftist rule and will try to build on policies that…
January 19th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 19, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - MIAMI (AP) — More than 100 Haitians crammed inside a Catholic church Tuesday to ask questions about a federal government designation that will allow possibly hundreds of thousands of illegal Haitian…
January 12th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 12, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after the election of President Barack Obama, black optimism about America has surged, while Hispanics have become more skeptical about race relations, according to a Pew…
January 8th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 8, 2010 - By REUTERS - HAVANA (Reuters) — Cuba angrily rejected on Friday U.S. accusations that it supports terrorist groups and demanded its removal from a U.S. list of “state sponsors of terrorism.”
In the communist-led island’s latest public…
January 7th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 7, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Thursday denied a senior Cuban official’s claim that a U.S. government contractor detained on the communist island is a spy.
The man - not identified…
January 7th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
The Dirty Little Secret: Nuclear Security Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean
by COHA Research Fellow Alex Sanchez - January 2010
Globally, nuclear power has become an increasingly important source of energy, accounting for about 15% of the world’s electricity supply.…
January 7th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer – January 6, 2010 - MEXICO CITY –- Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that jobs and reducing poverty will be his top two priorities in 2010, while the fight against drug cartels that…
January 5th, 2010 | by Alex Avila | published in Newsroom Alerts
January 5, 2010 - By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - MADRID (AP) — Spain’s foreign minister criticized Cuba on Tuesday for denying entry to a Spanish politician who has promoted ties with opposition figures on the Caribbean island.
But Miguel Angel Moratinos…
