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Zeta leader admits killing ICE agent in Mexican ambush
A commander in the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas Thursday admitted he led an ambush that killed one U.S. agent and left another seriously injured. Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as "Piolin," 32, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila ...
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Letters The Genocide Trial of Guatemalas Former Dictator
To the Editor: Your May 23 editorial ...
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El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state
El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ...
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Fitch Revisa Calificaciones de Entidades Financieras Estatales de El Salvador
Lack of Stringent U.S. CMBS Underwriting Could Affect REITs Changes in the availability, pricing, and underwriting stringency of U.S. CMBS financing could affect REITs directly and indirectly, according to Fitch Ratings. In addition, a boom-or-bust cycle for CMBS loan performance would negatively affect REITs that regularly access the CMBS ...
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Archaeologists in Mexico discover thousands of ancient cave paintings
Archaeologists are reporting the discovery of nearly 5,000 cave paintings at 11 different sites in Mexico, likely created by early hunter-gatherers. The red, white, black and yellow images discovered near Burgos in eastern central Mexico depict humans engaged in hunting, fishing and gathering, and animals such as deer, lizards and centipedes. The paintings are as yet undated but archaeologists ...
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Coffee Leaf Rust Plant Disease Threatens Central American Crops
Zoom in on the Indian Ocean for our Geo Quiz. We’re looking for an island nation. Its neighbors to the southwest are the Maldives. The island we’re in search of offers an interesting example of how plants changed the world. Back when it was under Dutch control, there were valuable cinnamon plantations across the island we want you to name. In the 19th century the economy shifted ...
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Israels Hand in Guatemalas Genocide
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. (Photo credit: Jim Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution) At the height of Guatemala's mass slaughters in the 1980s, including genocide against the Ixil Indians, the Reagan administration worked with Israeli officials to provide helicopters that the Guatemalan army used to hunt down fleeing villagers, according to documentary and eyewitness ...
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Mexican Carload Traffic Jumps 15 Percent
Association of American Railroads . This is the highest of this volume seen in 12 weeks.Combined North American carload volume, including all three North American Free Trade Agreement partners, rose 1.7 percent from the same week in 2012, and 1.8 percent week-to-week, to 381,163 carloads. The total North American carload volume for 2013 year-to-date is 0.6 percent less than in the same period in ...
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El Salvadorian village getting outside help with water needs
A non-profit organization, the Minnesota State Mankato chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has set their sights on El Salvador and will be travelling to a small village in Piedras Azules to help the local community with their water access needs.
The problem is that in the village in Piedras Azules there is just one water source with unreliable water access as the water table changes depending on the time of year and the weather. This leads to long queues at the well, with some residents sometimes waking up at midnight to beat the water rush. Read more
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