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Drug lord 'La Barbie' takes spotlight in Mexico City
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.

Efforts fail to stem flow of drug money
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.

 
Global Issues / Environment
China passes Japan as second-largest economy
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.

Fidel Castro addresses parliament on Iran
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.

 
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One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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Brasil dá abrigo a 3.200 pessoas de 62 países

A passagem do Dia Mundial dos Refugiados terá no Brasil um significado especial este ano. Após seis anos fechado, o escritório do Acnur no país reabriu as portas há dois meses e meio, como mais uma ferramenta para auxiliar os 3.200 refugiados que buscaram asilo em terras verde-amarelas. Amanhã, em parceria com a arquidiocese, o órgão da ONU vai realizar uma feira de saúde e lazer para os refugiados, a maioria dos quais — aproximadamente 2.000 — encontra-se no Rio de Janeiro, sendo o maior contingente composto de angolanos.

Um dos primeiros países a aderirem à Convenção da ONU Sobre o Status dos Refugiados, de 1951, o Brasil tem uma das mais modernas legislações do planeta sobre o tema, segundo quem atua na área. Por aqui, como em boa parte da América Latina, é a Igreja Católica que coordena o auxílio às pessoas que buscam asilo, por meio da Caritas. O governo federal, por sua vez, atua no âmbito do Comitê Nacional para Refugiados (Conare), que reúne representantes da sociedade e dos ministérios para elaborar políticas públicas para as pessoas asiladas em território brasileiro.

— O Brasil é um país exemplar nessa área — elogia Cândido Neto, diretor da Caritas no Rio. — O refugiado aqui tem direito a atendimento na rede hospitalar pública, a escola pública, a carteira de trabalho, o que constitui um avanço extraordinário. Em muitos países isso não acontece.

Falta de sensibilidade com refugiados ainda é problema

No entanto, ele aponta questões ainda mal resolvidas nessa área. A dificuldade maior enfrentada pelo Acnur e pela Caritas no Brasil, diz, é falta de sensibilidade da população para o drama dos refugiados, que se manifestaria na dificuldade de conseguir emprego ou no preconceito.

— A sociedade desconhece o problema dos refugiados porque tem memória curta. Já esquecemos que fomos um dia geradores de refugiados.

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Economics
Argentine growth feeds investor optimism
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.

 
Identity/Culture
Scientists find evidence discrediting theory Amazon was virtually unlivable
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.

 
Soutbound Travel
House hunting in ... Colombia
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.

 
Migration Issues
Grief across Latam for migrant killings
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.

 
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Trapped Chilean miners forge refuge
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.

 
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 Our Opinion
Legalize, regulate and tax drugs

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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