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Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Mayor of Colombia's capital ordered removed

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's inspector-general ordered Bogota's left-leaning mayor removed from office Monday for alleged unconstitutional behavior in a showdown last year with private garbage collectors. Mayor Gustavo Petro was disqualified from public office for 15 years by the inspector-general, Alejandro Ordonez. Ordonez is a conservative political ally of former President Alvaro Uribe. In 2010,...

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Sheets of ice take to the air Stuff

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Nicaragua Leader Moves Closer to Indefinite Power The New York Times

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has moved closer to indefinite re-election after his allies in the National Assembly approved constitutional changes that have increased opposition worries about the president's growing dominance. The changes eliminate presidential term limits...

Uruguay poised to legalise marijuana trade Stuff

Uruguay's Senate is expected to pass a law later today making the small South American nation the world's first to allow its citizens to grow, buy and smoke marijuana. The pioneering government-sponsored bill establishes state regulation of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana...

Caribbean panel expands slavery reparations battle Houston Chronicle

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Caribbean commission is expanding the number of former colonial powers it says should provide some form of reparations for the lingering regional impact of the Atlantic slave trade. At a Tuesday news conference at the Jamaica campus of the University of the West Indies,...

Cuban Dissidents Detained on Human Rights Day The New York Times

HAVANA — Cuban government agents have detained about 20 dissidents arriving for an International Human Rights Day march, halting the demonstration before it started. The opponents were seen being taken away in cars and buses Tuesday afternoon after their planned protest along a central street in...

America’s Cup pays off for San Francisco with economic impact of $550 million (America's Cup) noodls

(Source: America's Cup) The preliminary economic impact report on the 34th America's Cup is in and the numbers are substantial. The independently commissioned report shows an economic impact to the city of $550-million dollars and over 3,800 jobs created. "Hosting the 34th America's Cup in San...

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Closing Structural Gaps to Reduce Inequality and Achieve Inclusive and Sustainable Development (ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) noodls

(Source: ECLAC - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) (December 9, 2013) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called on leaders today to close structural gaps --such as low productivity, poor income...

Nicaraguan MPs take step closer to removal of presidential term limits The Guardian

Nicaragua's parliament is poised to approve a package of constitutional reforms that will remove presidential term limits and strengthen the hand of the Sandinista leader, Daniel Ortega. Critics fear the changes, which would also allow members of the military to hold civilian government posts, are a...

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