Brazil threatens Spanish firm with $10 mn fine
July 21st, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, July 21 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's regulatory agency said Friday that Spain's Telefonica could face a fine of 20 million reais ($10 million) if it fails to improve fixed-line ... Read more...
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Mexico bird-flu outbreak costs economy $50 mn
July 13th, 2012 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Guadalajara (Mexico), July 13 (IANS/EFE) An outbreak of avian flu in the western state of Jalisco has claimed 2.5 million chickens and caused $50 million in losses, a representative of ... Read more...
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Indian Hispanist gets Peruvian honour
December 8th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) Noted scholar and Hispanist S.P. Ganguly was Thursday awarded one of Peru's highest civilian honours - Order of Merit for Distinguished Services - for strengthening ... Read more...
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Peruvian honour for Indian academic
November 8th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Peru will confer one of its highest civilian honours - the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services - on noted scholar S.P. Ganguly for his ... Read more...
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Swig of spicy red Chile in Indian wine glass
September 21st, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) The Latin American nation of Chile is keen to introduce its national brew, a spicy red wine, in the Indian market.The South American country is ... Read more...
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Messi always gives more than his best for national team: Zabaleta
September 1st, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 1 (IANS) Superstar Lionel Messi's subdued performance in the Argentine national side compared to his dazzling show for Spanish club F C Barcelona has often invited criticism from ... Read more...
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Colombia banks on tax treaty to push business ties with India
March 13th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Colombia is betting big on a tax treaty with India to attract Indian investments to the Latin American nation and is set to rise manifold ... Read more...
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Uruguay vice president arrives on 7-day visit, to ink economic deals
February 17th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) In one of the most important bilateral visits, Danilo Astori, vice president of Latin American nation of Uruguay, arrives in India on a seven-day official visit ... Read more...
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Mexico seizes 39 art treasures smuggled out of Singapore
January 18th, 2011 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 18 (IANS/EFE) A total of 39 Singaporean art treasures from the 17th and 18th centuries were seized in the Mexican port of Manzanillo after being smuggled into the Latin ... Read more...
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Great comeback, but team needs younger players: Akhtar Ali
September 19th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) Ace tennis coach Akhtar Ali Sunday praised India's dramatic 3-2 comeback win against Brazil to stay in the Davis Cup World Group, but cautioned that the team ... Read more...
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Mexico to ease visa process to draw Indian tourists
August 18th, 2010 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Mexico is working to expedite the visa process to attract more Indian tourists to the Latin American nation, Mexican Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara said.
"We are working ... Read more...
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Gap between rich and poor grows in Chile
July 28th, 2010 - 9:48 am ICT by IANS
Santiago, July 28 (IANS/EFE) The gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow in Chile, with the income of the poorest of households in the Latin American nation stagnating ... Read more...
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More than 45 percent Colombians live in poverty
May 3rd, 2010 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, May 3 (IANS/EFE) More than 20 million Colombians - 45.5 percent of the population of the Latin American nation - are living below the poverty line, an official report has said.
Poverty ... Read more...
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New OAS report expresses concern about anti-Semitism in Venezuela
March 9th, 2010 - 3:45 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a new report that reviews civil, political, and social rights in the Latin American nation, expressing concern about ... Read more...
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Germany, the Netherlands should have it easy Friday (Preview)
March 4th, 2010 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) On current form, defending champions Germany and group leaders the Netherlands should find Argentina and Canada easy in their run-up to gain semi-final berths in the Hockey ... Read more...
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More foreign tourists go to Cuba, but revenues fall
January 29th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) Cuba received 2.43 million foreign visitors last year, up 3.5 percent from 2008, but revenue from tourism fell 11 percent.
The 2.3 million tourists who came to the communist-ruled ... Read more...
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Maradona best player I have seen in my career: Mathhaus
January 15th, 2010 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 15 (IANS) German soccer legend Lothar Mathhaus Friday termed Argentine great Diego Maradona as the best footballer he had seen during his two-decade long career.
Mathhaus played against Maradona in ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian Bishop laid to rest
December 10th, 2008 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 10 (IANS) The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Malaysia, Bishop Julius Danaraj Paul, was buried at the Subang Lutheran Garden near Bukit Jelutong at Shah Alam after ... Read more...
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Hu meets Fidel Castro, promises better China-Cuba ties
November 19th, 2008 - 10:59 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Nov 19 (IANS) Chinese President Hu Jintao met former Cuban president Fidel Castro and discussed ways to further strengthen ties with the island nation struggling to recover from three hurricanes and ... Read more...
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Russia offers Brazil new uranium production technologies
October 31st, 2008 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, Oct 31 (RIA Novosti) Russia has offered Brazil new advanced technologies to produce uranium and build new nuclear power plants, a top official of Russia's nuclear corporation said Friday."The first direction ... Read more...
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France to help Brazil build nuclear submarine
September 23rd, 2008 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 23 (RIA Novosti) France will help Brazil build a nuclear-powered submarine to protect vast oil reserves off its coast, the Brazilian defence minister said Tuesday. Speaking during a ... Read more...
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