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6 Venezuelan TV Channels Taken off the Air for Disobedience

By Dorkys Ramos | 01/25/2010 - 18:00 | 0 Comments

On Saturday, the Venezuelan government took six cable TV channels off the air for disobeying a law requiring them to air government messages. Last week, 24 channels—including RCTV—were redefined as national rather than international broadcasters, meaning they are now forced to carry ...

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Paraguayan Soccer Player Salvador Cabañas Shot in the Head in a Mexico City Bar

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 01/25/2010 - 15:26 | 8 Comments

International soccer star Salvador Cabañas is in critical condition after being shot in the head following an attack inside the bathroom of a bar in Mexico City, BBC News reports. The athlete, who plays for the Mexican Club America, was expected to play for Paraguay at this year's...

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Evo Morales Enacts New Bolivian Constitution, Appoints Women to Half of Cabinet Seats

By Mariela Rosario | 01/25/2010 - 11:57 | 4 Comments

After easily winning reelection in Dec. 2009, Bolivian president Evo Morales was sworn in to serve his second term over the weekend. With the mandate Morales received from the overwhelming majority of Bolivian voters who gave him a new five-year term, Morales immediately implemented big changes.

The first was to enact a new Bolivian constitution that...

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Zelaya Assured Safe Passage to Dominican Republic

By Mariela Rosario | 01/22/2010 - 14:00 | 0 Comments

Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras who was ousted from his seat in a June 2009 military coup, may finally be able to leave the Brazilian embassy where he has been holed up.

After months of negotiations, it appears that the defacto government of Honduras is finally ready to make a deal with Zelaya that will grant him safe passage out of...

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Back to Business as Usual for Tourism in Haiti and the Dominican Republic?

By Mariela Rosario | 01/21/2010 - 16:28 | 5 Comments

Many areas of northern Haiti and all of the Dominican Republic seem to have remained relatively unaffected by the turmoil that has destroyed the capital city of Port Au Prince in Haiti. Royal Caribbean was the first to dock a cruise ship at the northern port of Labadee in Haiti since last week's devastating earthquake and now other luxury liners are following suit. In the...

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23 People Killed During Mexican Prison Riot

By Shani Saxon-Parrish | 01/21/2010 - 13:48 | 0 Comments

A prison in the northern Mexican state of Durango housing 2,025 inmates exploded in a wave of violence Wednesday morning, leaving at least 23 prisoners dead.

Officials aren’t sure what sparked the deadly riot between rival drug gangs, CNN reports, but it appeared...

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Gadget Guide: The Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus

By Matthew Fox | 01/21/2010 - 09:32 | 0 Comments

With the slew of smartphones currently bombarding the market, it's becoming more and more difficult to tell them apart. If you want to keep things simple and are looking for something fast, sleek and easy to navigate, then we highly recommend Verizon's Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus.

Both phones, due to be released on Jan. 25, have...

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Sonia Sotomayor to Become Comic Book Superhero

By Mariela Rosario | 01/20/2010 - 12:25 | 1 Comment

Sonia Sotomayor is already a hero to a lot of us, but now she will get the official superhero treatment from Bluewater Productions. The company will be creating a comic book based on Sotomayor's meteoric rise to the Supreme Court. It will be part of the company's Female Force series which will also feature Lady Gaga, Sarah...

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