By Judi McLeod Sunday, May 31, 2009
Step aside, Julio Iglesias and all you other romantic Latino singers, Paco the Parrot is here.
Bogota Free Planet (BFP) promised they would record for CFP the Parrots of Anapoima belting out the haunting refrain from the song “Cucurrucucu Paloma”, and that’s just what they did.
By Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
Rio de Janeiro, March 12 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras has said that it discovered oil at a block in eastern Colombia.
In a statement issued Thursday, Petrobras said the find was made at the Balay-1 well, part of the Balay block in the central-eastern province of Casanare.
Venezuelan energy crisis threatens the Chávez revolutionBy Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
An energy crisis has battered Venezuela’s economy and President Hugo Chávez’s popularity, prompting severe rationing to avert nationwide blackouts and paralysis.
One of the worst droughts in decades has crippled the hydroelectric plants that supply most of Venezuela’s power, plunging cities into darkness and forcing industries to go slow and even shut down.
The emergency has closed offices, halted escalators and turned off air conditioning, leaving the capital, Caracas, sweltering in 35C heat (96F).
By Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
Striker Washington scored twice to give Sao Paulo a 2-0 away win over Paraguay’s Nacional in Group Two of the Libertadores Cup on Thursday.
Fellow Brazilian striker Kleber also scored two for Cruzeiro in their 2-2 draw at Venezuela’s Deportivo Italia in Group Seven but was sent off near the end for a bad tackle, his second yellow card offence.
In two Group Five matches played in Ecuador, modest Uruguayan side Cerro shocked Emelec 2-1 in the George Capwell stadium in Guayaquil while Ecuadorean champions Deportivo Quito were held 1-1 by Brazil’s Internacional in the capital.
Lindsey Vonn Wins 3rd Straight World Cup TitleBy Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
Germany—Lindsey Vonn of the United States claimed her third straight overall World Cup title when she won Friday’s super-G race.
Vonn was the last racer to go down the Kandahar hill and could have chosen not to race since she knew by then she had the title.
The American was assured of the overall triumph when rival and friend Maria Riesch of Germany dropped out of the top two. Riesch finished fourth, giving Vonn an unassailable lead of 215 points in the standings before the last race of the season, Saturday’s slalom.
Free political prisoners, Colombia is urgedBy Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
The Colombian government has sunk to the level of China, Burma and Iran by jailing political prisoners without trial, campaigners told the Colombian ambassador to Britain this week. More than 50 protesters, including union leaders and MPs, demonstrated outside the Colombian Embassy in London to demand the freeing of Liliany Obando, who has been in prison since August 2008. More than 1,000 other political prisoners are estimated to be held in Colombia.
By Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez’s 11 years in power, with two people murdered every hour, according to new figures from a non-governmental organization.
The Venezuelan Observatory of Violence (OVV), whose data is widely followed in the absence of official statistics, said the South American nation has one of the highest crime rates on the continent, with 54 homicides per 100,000 citizens in 2009.
China warns Google against dropping censorshipBy Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
Beijing - China on Friday warned US internet giant Google Inc that it must “bear the consequence” if it stops censoring search results in China. “It is irresponsible and unfriendly if Google insists in doing something that goes against China’s laws and regulations,” Li Yizhong, the minister of industry and information technology, said when asked about Google’s threat to stop censorship.
Australia investigates sailors over alleged sex rompsBy Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
Sydney - Sailors aboard the Australian Navy’s HMAS Success engaged in sex romps and competed with each other to see who could chalk up the most conquests and who could bed a new female crew member first, a government inquiry was told Friday. Former Commanding Officer Simon Brown told the panel that he was aware of misbehaviour aboard his ship and that disciplinary action had been taken on some occasions last year.
UN Report Condemns Human Rights Situation in Colombia
By Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report highly critical of the situation in Colombia, which betrays the insecurity of human rights defenders and their stigmatization, including members of the government of Alvaro Uribe. “There continue to be in Colombia attitudes of harassment and persecution of human rights defenders and their families,” wrote the High Commissioner Navi Pillay, who visited the country in September 2009 at the conclusion of the document, published on Tuesday.
