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Prescribed pills for patient suffering from high blood pressure condition.

Disease Drug Health Photos

Canberra Times
Drug trial offers new hope in preventing Alzheimer's
Click for more photos Alzheimer's prevention trial Laura Cuartas, left, with her children Maria Elsy, 48, in bed, and Dario, 55, both suffering from Alzheimer's disease, at home in Yarumal, Colombia.... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)

full moon in the sky at night

Moon Nasa Photos Space Wikipedia: Moon rock

Denver Post
Failure to keep track of moon rock samples keeps investigator busy
Rafael Navarro, a former Colombian toy manufacturer, contends this rock in his possession came from the moon. His efforts to sell dust scraped from the rock on eBay for $300,000 illustrates the lack... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)

Hotel Nacional de Cuba(sl1)

Newstrack India
Cuba to increase hotel capacity
Havana, May 10 (IANS/EFE) Cuba is intending to increase its hotel capacity on its offshore keys and islets to take advantage of the economic opportunities offered by tourism, according to leaders in... (photo: Creative Commons )
Cuba Hotel Photos Tourism Travel Wikipedia: Cuba

Green and black poison frog

The New York Times
Protecting Killer Frogs From Killer Humans
Some names turn heads. Ivan the Terrible or his acolytes may have seen the need for a name that evoked shock and awe in the 16th century. Now, the Rana (Spanish for frog) Terribilis Amphibian Reserve... (photo: GFDL / Wildfeuer)
Frogs Photos Science Spanish Wikipedia: Frog

Al Jazeera
Is Obama wary of Brazil and Dilma Rousseff?
Are there hidden tensions which stand to undermine the important diplomatic relationship between Washington and rising star Brazil? During a recent meeting at the... (photo: ABr / Abr)
Brazil Diplomatic Photos Relationship Washington Wikipedia: Dilma Rousseff

Government supporters demonstrate in front of the Congress as lawmakers debate the YPF bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 3, 2012.

The Guardian
Argentina nationalizes oil company YPF
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Congress nationalized the country's biggest oil company, YPF , by an overwhelming lower house vote on Thursday that... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko)
Argentina Industry Oil Photos Wikipedia: YPF

people wait to fill containers with fuel at a petrol station

GlobalResearch
OIL IS A STRATEGIC PRODUCT, NOT A COMMODITY: Argentina and the International Oil Picture
Oil is not a commodity, oil is not a raw product either. Just look at the complexity of the techniques for its efficient extraction. Oil is a strategic product that... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Argentina Commodity Oil Photos Wikipedia: Oil

Pinochet's supporters gather outside the Military Academy as they try to see the casket with the remains of former military ruler Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Santiago, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990 after a military coup, died Sunday from heart complications at the age of 91. Pinochet's casket was carried slowly atop a gun carriage to a waiting helicopter to be taken to an undisclosed cemetery for cremation.

Al Jazeera
Chile's hunt continues for Pinochet millions
The Chilean government had hoped to discover what happened to the estimated multi-million dollar fortune of Augusto Pinochet, the country's late leader, when it opened... (photo: AP / Aliosha Marquez)
Chile Photos Politics S. America Wikipedia: Augusto Pinochet

Latin America Delivers a Swift Kick

CounterPunch
Latin America Delivers a Swift Kick
On one level, April’s hemispheric summit meeting was an old fashioned butt kicking for Washington’s policies in the region. The White House found itself virtually... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
America Latin Photos Summit Washington Wikipedia: Latin America

Former International Monetary Fund leader, Dominique Strauss-Kahn enters a building prior to his lecture in the Ukrainian Diplomatic Academy in Kiev, Ukraine, April 4, 2012.

Al Jazeera
US judge rules Strauss-Kahn case may proceed
A New York judge has said a hotel maid's lawsuit claiming that former International Monetary Fund chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her can move forward to... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)
Crimes France New York Photos Wikipedia: New York v. Strauss-Kahn

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood supporters hold a banner reading in Arabic ' No for beating civilians in Syria', during an anti-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad' in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 24, 2011. Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood supporters gathered near the Syrian embassy in Cairo following the weekly Friday prayers chanting anti-Syrian regime slogans and protesting what they claimed ' The Syrian regime brutality against civilians'

Al Jazeera
From prisoners to rulers: Mobilising for Arab democracy
The Arab Spring has precipitated the rise of new politicians: formerly excluded or incarcerated non-state actors who are, today, either claimants of the state - or at... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Arab World Democracy Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: Arab Spring

Sport

	Cuenca: Messi is the best and deserves another Ballon d'Or Goal
	Barcelona striker Lionel Messi breaks Gerd Mueller's European scoring record with 68th goal of season The Daily Telegraph
	Messi’s 68th bests Gerd’s 1972-73 mark The Examiner
	James Lawton: Past master Johann Cruyff can still teach Lionel Messi a thing or two Belfast Telegraph

Health

	Napolitano faces questions on Secret Service Austin American Statesman
	Hugo Chávez dismisses health rumours on Venezuelan TV The Guardian
	mOURNING IN bOSNIA Tulsa World
	Peru's president says mine viable with changes Austin American Statesman
	Hugo Chavez's weeklong silence spurs uncertainty Zeenews

Business & Economy

	Low-fare Spirit Airlines returning to Denver International Airport Denver Post
	Trade vital to help countries achieve sustainable development, UN conference hears United Nations
	Argentina Senate backs YPF oil nationalisation BBC News
	Repsol threatens to sue firms that help Argentina Buffalo News
	Argentina's president vs capitalism Al Jazeera

Drift to mobile a new challenge for Facebook

>Drug lab near cash plane crash site

Modification/Amendment - Health and life insurance for local

Spain's Repsol cancels LNG cargoes to Argentina

Hundreds leave Venezuelan prison amid standoff

Down, But Not Out

STXNEWS LATAM-Chile stocks hit 3-1/2-month low on Europe woe

Key Ingredient to Tech Success in Brazil Is In The Silicon V

Longform's Picks of the Week

Katie Price

Katie Price engaged to Leandro Penna

Flanked by security guards, New IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde arrives at the International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, July 5, 2011.

Europe pressured to reform economy

Team-oriented leadership in Latin America

Team-oriented leadership in Latin America

Argentines withdraw dollars slowly amid crackdown Reuters
UPDATE 1-Vale sees iron ore price rising in 2nd half of 2012 Reuters
Argentina's Petersen Group in default-US SEC filing Reuters
UPDATE 1-Argentina March economic activity slows to 4.0 pct Reuters
Repsol stops shipping liquid gas to Argentina France24
Exclusive - Repsol cancels LNG cargoes to Argentina - docume The Guardian
Exclusive: Repsol cancels LNG cargoes to Argentina: document Reuters
Argentina's President Honours Founder of Nation All Africa
Chile denies Argentine judge asylum Taipei Times
May's best music from across the MAP The Guardian
>Here's how to travel 25,000 miles without a penny Seattle Post
McEwen cautions investors about Argentina decrees Mining Weekly
Greece and the Eurozone: What to Expect When You're Expectin Huffington Post
McEwen Mining Cautions Shareholders at Annual General Meetin Seeking Alpha
Argentine's Head of State and Vice-President Discuss Coopera All Africa
Argentina's Credit to Benefit Business People All Africa
Here's how to travel 40,230km without a penny Jakarta Post
Mouche gifts Boca 1-0 win over 10-man Fluminense Xinhua
Bruno Moser: Winemaker from Yugoslavia had a sweet life in U Detroit Free Press
Secret Iranian visit stirs suspicion Independent online (SA)

A man holds a sign that reads in Spanish: "Libertad's Laguna Sur, non-viable", referring to a mining project in Peru's northern state of La Libertad, during a protest against the Conga gold and silver mining project in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

The significance of indigenous mobilisations

President Barack Obama, center, tours the San Pedro Claver church with the Roman Catholic Rev. Alvaro Gutierrez, left, and Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, April 15, 2012.

A Latin American Summit Like No Others?

Soldiers carry a table displaying stacks of seized U.S. dollars, at a media presentation in Mexico City, Tuesday Nov. 22, 2011. The cache of $15.3 million found inside a car in a downtown Tijuanna neighborhood is believed by authorities to belong to members of the Sinaloa drug cartel.

The Summit of the Americas, WikiLeaks and the failed war on drugs

BacTech Begins Tailing Sampling at Telamayu in Bolivia Mineweb
Latin America’s school for dictators The Miami Herald
Relaxing At The World's Highest Beer Spa In La Paz, Bolivia Gadling
'Bolivian Mennonites' Photography Exhibition Begins In New Y Gadling
Bolivia's main private airline AeroSur in doubt Herald Tribune
Bolivia's main private airline, AeroSur, fights for survival Star Tribune
American on hunger strike after 11 months in Bolivian prison CNN
Jacob Ostreicher Case: Videos and Documents ABC News
Salt rocks: a tour of highland Bolivia The Guardian
American Sits Almost a Year With No Charges in Isolated Boli ABC News
Sky driving: A tour of Bolivia's salt flats and desert – in The Guardian
PHOTOS: A Journey To The World's Largest Salt Flats In The H Business Insider
Bolivia Transport Strike Turns Violent: Police Jakarta Globe
Riot police and demonstrators clash in Bolivia BBC News
Bolivian strikers clash with police Al Jazeera
Pachanga festival extends the party an extra day Austin American Statesman
Michael P. Boerner, Foreign Service officer The Washington Post
Bolivia: The Aymara Al Jazeera
People before profits for Sucre's social trekker Canberra Times
Good To Go: Dulce’s Bakery and Empanada Shop The Washington Post

Police officers escort Joran Van der Sloot, second right, during a press conference at a police station in Lima, Saturday, June 5, 2010. The young Dutchman wanted in the murder of a 21-year-old Peruvian woman, and who also remains the lone suspect in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, arrived in Peru's capital Saturday to face justice, after being handed over by Chilean police on Friday at the two countries' border.

Peru approves first step toward extradition of Joran van der Sloot

Opel Vivaro 1.9 CDTI, Gen1 pre-facelift, from 2001, COCA-COLA, seen in Essen, Germany.

The Coca-Cola Company Reports First Quarter 2012 Results

His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet at the Chime Gatsal Ling monastery during teaching events- April 4-6, 2012, Dharamshala, India

My Source and Studies

No: Cannes Review The Hollywood Reporter
Tallest Lego Tower Breaks Record In South Korea Huffington Post
Actor's lines start a culture war Canberra Times
Quake strikes off Chile’s coast Independent online (SA)
Chile's car boom The Christian Science Monitor
No Screen Daily
Dog Ears Music: Volume 228 Huffington Post
>6.2-magnitude quake strikes far off Chile's coast Seattle Post
UPDATE 1-Chile GDP growth slows in Q1 vs Q4, rate seen held Reuters
Chile Earthquake 2012: 6.2-Magnitude Strikes Far Off Coast Huffington Post
6.2-magnitude quake strikes far off Chile's coast Springfield News-Sun
Strong quake hits Chile DNA India
UFO Crash/Retrievals in Chile Pakalert Press
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes far off Chile’s coast; no c The Washington Post
6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes far off Chile's coast; no c Star Tribune
Why Football Is Better Than Football Wall Street Journal
STXNEWS LATAM-Chile stocks at 3-1/2-month low on Europe Reuters
Eli Roth Returns to Directing with 'The Green Inferno' IMDb
Michael Jackson's Costumes to Hit Auction Block; Bobby Brown IMDb
Turkey's PM threatens theatres after actor 'humiliates' daug The Guardian

Flanked by Secret Service agents, US President George W. Bush and First Lady, Laura Bush travel the inaugural parade route inside an armored limousine headed toward the White House after renewing the oath of office earlier in the day at the nation´

Colombia diplomat demands an apology from Obama for Secret Service sex scandal

Panetta urges Brazil offer defense cooperation

Panetta urges Brazil offer defense cooperation

Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines Pulls Horribly Offensive Colombian Hookers Parody Ad

Born Unequal in Colombia CounterPunch
Turtle Fossil Found In Colombia Suggests Carbonemys Cofrinii Huffington Post
Colombian ex-lawmaker suspected of aiding FARC Taipei Times
Colombia Oil Reserves Rose 10% In 2011; Government Says More Rig Zone
>Colombian ex-lawmaker arrested in alleged betrayal Seattle Post
>Young man sought in Colombia bombing Seattle Post
Who is responsible for the Bogota, Colombia bombing this wee The Christian Science Monitor
NCSU scientists help discover fossil of prehistoric turtle i The Charlotte Observer
'Smart car' size turtle fossil discovered in Colombia DNA India
Spilling The Beans On Colombia's Coffee Triangle Huffington Post
Colombian politician arrested over alleged role in Farc plot The Guardian
Book club for second graders at Bogota Library North Jersey
Continental swivels gaze to Colombia Mining Weekly
Fossil of giant turtle found in Colombia Jakarta Post
Attorney for suspended Bogota officer questions internal aff North Jersey
Gabriel Escobar: Michele Bachmann and the allegiance questi The Dallas Morning News
Colombian ex-lawmaker arrested in alleged betrayal Jakarta Post
NCSU scientists help discover giant pre-historic turtle in C The News & Observer
Arriba La Cumbia listings Skiddle
Bogota police searching for gas station worker who allegedly North Jersey

A dead dolphin. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008

Peru investigates deaths of hundreds of dolphins

Diamonds

Trevali Mining reports additional drill results from Stratmat Deposit in New Brunswick

Brazil's President-elect Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers Party, gestures to supporters as she arrives to give her victory speech after winning the election runoff in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday Oct. 31, 2010.

Brazil complains to US about monetary policy

Flesh-eating bacteria consumes man's penis WPXI
8 Languages You've Never Heard Of (And Who Actually Speaks T Gadling
What's Your 'Fearless Charm'? Huffington Post
Peru's famed hostage raid investigated Springfield News-Sun
6 Great Luxury Trips For Summer (PHOTOS) Huffington Post
Probe raises questions about Peru hostage raid The Himalayan
Peru’s famed hostage raid probed Independent online (SA)
Regional rights court probes case of rebels killed in famed Star Tribune
How to travel the world for free Independent online (SA)
La Mar Cebicheria Peruana--Excellent Authentic Peruvian Cuis The Examiner
National Book Festival authors including Philip Roth announc The Examiner
Man who had penile implant sues doctors after 'botched' surg The Daily Mail
>Palace in the Wild: Outfitting a Floating Hotel on the Amaz Wired News
Deaf child saves severely injured dog in Peruvian shanty-tow The Examiner
How one man travelled from Germany to Antarctica without a p The Daily Mail
From an Amazon Backwater To The Nobel Peace Prize Huffington Post
How to travel 40,000 kms without a dollar Canberra Times
Cultures to celebrate unity at annual Folk Festival Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Gardening Tips Part II IMC
Adrian Wong solo show at Chinese Culture Center San Francisco Chronicle

GULF OF MEXICO Bales of cocaine, seized by a Coast Guard law enforcement team, are shown ready for transport off of the USS Oak Hill, Dec. 9, 2011. Working jointly with the Oak Hills crew, the Coast Guard team, comprised of members from Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team, Tactical Law Enforcement Team South and Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego (91109), interdicted more two tons of cocaine from the motor vessel Mr. Geo. U.S. Navy photo. (1486720) ( Coast Guard law enforcement team, USS Oak Hill seize cocaine shipment )

Ghanaian Drug Baron To Be Extradicted

Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro waves as he arrives at the Convention Center to attend the second working session of the sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday April 15, 2012.

Venezuela rejects 'threats' against Argentina, says Britain using intimidation amid dispute

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a press conference with foreign journalists at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Sept. 27, 2010

Documents: Closing of Miami’s Venezuelan consulate was punishment for Chávez foes

4 killed in military helicopter crash in Venezuela Houston Chronicle
Military helicopter crash in Venezuela leave 4 dead, 1 survi Star Tribune
>4 killed in military helicopter crash in Venezuela Seattle Post
Exclusive - Repsol comes up dry in Cuba offshore well The Guardian
Exclusive: Repsol comes up dry in Cuba offshore well Daily Press
The Arab Spring is Part of the General Strike of the South CounterPunch
L.A. Phil, U.K.'s Classic FM team for first overseas radio s The Los Angeles Times
The Little Known Story Of How ExxonMobil Seized $300 Million Business Insider
Chavez unseen but follows riot Independent online (SA)
Venezuela's Chavez unseen for week but follows riot Hartford Courant
Gunfire rocks Venezuela prison Taipei Times
Former Miss Venezuela dies of breast cancer at 28 Houston Chronicle
Cops Vs. Cameras: The Killing of Kelly Thomas & The Power of Axis of Logic
>Venezuela: Economy could grow as much as 7 percent Seattle Post
>Hundreds leave Venezuelan prison amid standoff Seattle Post
>Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison Seattle Post
Hundreds of inmates emerge from Venezuelan prison after day Star Tribune
Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison Springfield News-Sun
Violence eases at overcrowded Venezuelan jail The Star
Gunfire erupts at Venezuela prison where armed inmates have The Washington Post

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