Edgar Valdez Villarreal was arrested after a 14-month manhunt involving
1,200 Mexican federal police and an unknown number of U.S. agents. He
faces multiple indictments in the United States for importing tons of
cocaine. Mexican authorities say he is a kidnapper, torturer and murderer
- as well as a major trafficker of marijuana and cocaine.
Stashing cash in spare tires, engine transmissions and
truckloads of baby diapers, couriers for Mexican drug cartels are moving
tens of billions of dollars in profits south across the border each year,
a river of dirty money that has overwhelmed U.S. and Mexican customs
agents.
After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States.
Former President Fidel Castro of Cuba addressed a session of Parliament for the first time in four years on Saturday, the latest of several recent public appearances after a long period of seclusion.
Postphorism
Europe is really a swarm: many bees on a single course. José Ortega Y Gasset (1883-1955)
O diretor para o Brasil do Bird (Banco Mundial), John Briscoe, criticou ontem em Belo Horizonte o governo brasileiro, afirmando que o país tem taxas altas de juros, que gasta mal apesar da arrecadação alta e que a porção mais pobre da população não está sendo devidamente beneficiada. Segundo Briscoe, o governo não consegue ser eficiente na gestão da máquina pública.
SÃO PAULO - Representantes de vários setores estão reunidos para tentar resolver o problema dos congestionamentos de caminhões no trajeto para o Porto de Santos, provocados pelo início do escoamento das safras de soja e açúcar. No início da semana, os congestionamentos chegaram a 10 km e caminhões ficaram quase três horas parados. Alguns pararam em acostamentos das estradas, causando risco para os motoristas. A situação tende a piorar. Nos períodos de maior movimento, 7 mil caminhões seguem por dia para a Baixada Santista pela Via Anchieta. A Rodovia dos Imigrantes não é usada por caminhões pesados.
A Petrobras atingiu em fevereiro produção média total, no Brasil e no exterior, de 2.288.696 barris diários de óleo equivalente (petróleo mais gás natural). Segundo a estatal, isso representa aumento de 1% diante da produção de janeiro deste ano e alta de 12% no confronto com fevereiro de 2005.
Argentina bond risk fell the most in Latin America over the past three months as quickening economic growth and a $12.9 billion debt restructuring boosted confidence in the country’s ability to pay its debt.
Archaeologists say forest across the Amazon, was home to an advanced, even
spectacular civilization that managed the forest and enriched infertile
soils to feed thousands.
The apartment is on the second story of a three-story, walk-up building, constructed of concrete about 40 years ago. The old city is Cartagena's tourist and cultural center; shopping, dining and public transportation are within walking distance.
He was warned the journey north would be hard, so Gilmar Morales beefed up on eggs and sausage, bought some ham sandwiches from the bodega across the street, told his mother he loved her and set off with two other relatives on a path well-traveled by young people here in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.
Mario Gómez is all too familiar with the hardships of prolonged confinement. While still in his 30s, his family said, he survived as a stowaway on a ship for 11 days, living below deck on little more than bits of chocolate and drops of water collected in a shoe — an ordeal so trying it brought him closer to God.
It’s great they got these drug lords, but they will be replaced quickly. Law enforcement is helpless in the fight against the cartels due to their economic ability to sustain their criminal activities.
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