Report: Inmates control all 24 prisons in Honduras - Boston.com

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Report: Inmates control all 24 prisons in Honduras Boston.com TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras' 24 prisons are controlled by inmates because the state has abandoned its role in rehabilitating people convicted of crimes, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said in a report released Friday. Prisons in Honduras are 'in control of inmates'

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Inmates 'running Honduras prisons'

The Honduras government has effectively given up on rehabilitating criminals and left prisons to be controlled by their inmates, says a new report.



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VIDEO: Cubans celebrate US visa reforms

The US has reformed the visa rules for Cubans who want to visit the country.



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Fake Cubans fast track to U.S. citizenship

All Luis had to do was hand a Cuban birth certificate to immigration officials and he was on his way to becoming a U.S. citizen.



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Stalled Parliament a `wound on the body politic' – Ramotar - Stabroek News

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Stalled Parliament a `wound on the body politic' – Ramotar Stabroek News Indeed, the Ogle International Airport runway has been extended and improved and the first international commercial flight landed just last month – a promising preview of many more such arrivals that will bring our country tourism, investment and, I ...

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Mexico blast blamed on explosive mix

An official inquest says the explosion that killed 37 people in January at Mexican state oil firm Pemex was caused by a mix of methane gas and solvent vapours.



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Ontario makes plea to Ottawa to fix tourist-visa backlog - Globe and Mail

Ontario makes plea to Ottawa to fix tourist-visa backlog Globe and Mail That has led to waiting times of up to six weeks that are scaring off potential tourists from countries in Asia and Latin America – including China, India, Mexico and Brazil – whose citizens need a visa to visit Canada. The Tourism Industry Association ...

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Cuba is finally embracing solar power - Grist

Cuba is finally embracing solar power Grist Cuba has been slow to catch on to the clean energy trend, but it's now giving solar a go. The Communist nation's leaders know they need new energy options “after four failed attempts to strike it rich with deep-water oil drilling and the death of petro ...

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Cuba says 79 pct rise in US visas for islanders - New Zealand Herald

Cuba says 79 pct rise in US visas for islanders New Zealand Herald Officials at the Interests Section, which Washington maintains in Cuba instead of an embassy because the countries do not have full diplomatic ties, were not immediately available to confirm the figures or comment. The report was published a day after ...

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Cuba: Palos Verdes Art Center program to include museum visits - Los Angeles Times

Cuba: Palos Verdes Art Center program to include museum visits Los Angeles Times In addition to visiting Havana, the group will travel to the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Trinidad and Cienfuegos, where participants will meet with Cubans and learn about their lives and the centuries-old sugar industry. The exchanges will be led by ...

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US man paddle boards from Cuba to US

A US musician becomes the first person to paddle board between Cuba and the US, accomplishing the 111-mile (179km) voyage in 28 hours.



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Biting back at killer spiders

Brazilian researchers take the sting out of spider venom



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11 die after drinking methanol in Cuba - Courier Mail

11 die after drinking methanol in Cuba Courier Mail AT least 11 people have died and 59 have fallen ill after drinking methanol in Cuba. Unlike ethanol or drinking alcohol, methanol is normally used as an antifreeze or solvent and is unfit for human consumption. It's not clear over what period of time ...

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Caribbean Travel: Five free things to do in Havana, Cuba - Toronto Star

Caribbean Travel: Five free things to do in Havana, Cuba Toronto Star (Note: While millions of tourists visit Cuba each year from Canada, Europe and elsewhere, Washington's 51-year-old economic embargo still outlaws most American travel to the island. However, tens of thousands of U.S. citizens are now visiting legally ...

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Guest post: how will Latin America weather a 'sudden stop' in investment? - Financial Times (registration) (blog)

Guest post: how will Latin America weather a 'sudden stop' in investment? Financial Times (registration) (blog) Since May, over a quarter of the past five months' foreign portfolio investment into emerging markets has been withdrawn, according to the latest available data from EPFR. For the Latin American economies, this is likely to result in slower growth, but ...

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Millikin U. permits a murderer who changed his identity to chair their ... - Daily Caller

Millikin U. permits a murderer who changed his identity to chair their ... Daily Caller Dr. James St. James chairs the psychology department at Millikin University, a private university in Decatur, Illinois. He is an experimental psychologist who does research and teaches several classes on the subject. An aging hippie type, he is well ...

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Six California lawmakers took trip to Cuba with Capitol lobbyist - Los Angeles Times

Six California lawmakers took trip to Cuba with Capitol lobbyist Los Angeles Times Six California lawmakers used political funds to take part in a March trip to Cuba with a top Capitol lobbyist, raising eyebrows among state government watchers. The legislators disclosed the “cultural exchange” trip in campaign finance reports filed ...

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Cuba's first solar farm marks change in nation's course - The Register-Guard

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Cuba's first solar farm marks change in nation's course The Register-Guard A farmer rides past a row of solar panels in Cantarana, Cuba, earlier this month. The country's first solar farm opened this spring with little fanfare and no prior announcement. It boasts 14,000 photovoltaic panels which in a stroke more than doubled ... Cuba's 1st solar farm a step toward renewables Cuba Takes A Step Toward Solar Energy Cuba Is Looking To Solar Power To Help Its Energy Mix Since It Relies Heavily ...

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Ecuadoreans mourn striker Benitez

Thousands of Ecuadoreans says their last goodbye to football star Christian "Chucho" Benitez, who died in Qatar on Monday of heart failure.



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New Mayor, New Dragon Mart Ad Campaign - The Yucatan Times

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New Mayor, New Dragon Mart Ad Campaign The Yucatan Times ... to an exhibition center with 90% of Mexican origin investors, to promoting products from Brazil, Canada, Venezuela, Panama, Dominican Republic, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, then turned into a project for international trade, and lastly it became a ...

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Documents: IRS targeting of pro-life groups continues - Daily Caller

Documents: IRS targeting of pro-life groups continues Daily Caller The Internal Revenue Service continues to target pro-life conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status despite pending investigations into the IRS targeting scandal, according to documents obtained by The Daily Caller. The IRS' infamous ...

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Daily Headlines: August 2, 2013

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Body of football star Benitez arrives back in his native Ecuador

The body of football star Christian Benitez arrived in his native Ecuador Friday ahead of his funeral and other tributes in the capital Quito later in the day.



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Uber job vacancies hint at plans to enter Africa, the Middle East and Latin ... - The Next Web

Uber job vacancies hint at plans to enter Africa, the Middle East and Latin ... The Next Web Uber is rapidly growing its business worldwide. Currently the US private car service is active in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, but that's only the start of things to come, according to the company's jobs page which contains vacancies across ...

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Obamacare hurts parents of special-needs children - Daily Caller

Obamacare hurts parents of special-needs children Daily Caller President Obama's Affordable Care Act, known as “Obamacare,” will make it more difficult for parents of special-needs children to pay for tuition at special schools and to purchase medical equipment, according to a new report. More than 30 million ...

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26 Reasons Cuba Could Tempt You to Face A $250000 Fine - Huffington Post

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26 Reasons Cuba Could Tempt You to Face A $250000 Fine Huffington Post While it may not be entirely legal for Americans to travel to Cuba, the "green crocodile with eyes of stone and water" (as Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén calls the island) could make the non-traditional customs experience a tempting one. See below for the ...

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Seven die, 41 hospitalised in Cuba after drinking methanol - The Malay Mail Online

Seven die, 41 hospitalised in Cuba after drinking methanol The Malay Mail Online A man (foreground) recovers in hospital after apparently drinking adultered 'guaro' - a kind of liquor - in Tegucigalpa, on July 6, 2012. – AFP picHAVANA, Aug 1 — Seven people died and 41 were hospitalised in Havana after drinking illegally sold lab ...

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Leinier Dominguez advances to 12th place in world Chess rankings

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No charges filed over Chile mine collapse

Who's to blame for the mine collapse that trapped 33 workers underground for months in Chile? No one, according to prosecutors, who closed the case Thursday after a lengthy investigation.



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Cuba's first solar farm a step toward renewables - Phys.Org

Cuba's first solar farm a step toward renewables Phys.Org In this July 18, 2013 photo, a farmer rides past a row of solar panels in Cantarana, Cuba. The country's first solar farm opened this spring with little fanfare and no prior announcement. It boasts 14,000 photovoltaic panels which in a stroke more than ...

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Cuba's 1st solar farm a step toward renewables - Yahoo! News

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Cuba's 1st solar farm a step toward renewables Yahoo! News CANTARRANA, Cuba (AP) — It's like a vision of the space age, carved out of the jungle: Thousands of glassy panels surrounded by a lush canopy of green stretch as far as the eye can see, reflecting the few clouds that dot the sky on a scorching ... Cuba Is Looking To Solar Power To Help Its Energy Mix Since It Relies Heavily ... Cuba Takes A Step Toward Solar Energy

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Cuban residents leave country in growing numbers. - New York Daily News

Cuban residents leave country in growing numbers. New York Daily News Separately, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday announced it is lengthening most visitor visas for Cubans from six months to five years, allowing them to make multiple U.S. visits over the five-year period instead of repeatedly applying and paying ...

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