http://www.mail.com/locations/2078-south-america.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/2078-south-america.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2110640-huge-crowd-cheers-argentine-leaders-10-year-rule.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez rallied a huge crowd Saturday night celebrating the 10-year government that she and her late husband Nestor Kirchner began in 2003. Her voice breaking, she called it a victorious decade, "won not by a government but by the people." This year's election will determine whether Fernandez h... Sun, 26 May 2013 01:11:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2110640-huge-crowd-cheers-argentine-leaders-10-year-rule.html 2013-05-26T01:11:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2109226-chiles-indians-take-worlds-largest-gold-miner.html EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) — The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water. Then thousands of mine workers and their huge machines moved in, bu... Sat, 25 May 2013 12:18:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2109226-chiles-indians-take-worlds-largest-gold-miner.html 2013-05-25T12:18:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2108160-barrick-fined-16m-pascua-lama-violations.html VALLENAR, Chile (AP) — Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong. After a four-month inv... Fri, 24 May 2013 22:36:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2108160-barrick-fined-16m-pascua-lama-violations.html 2013-05-24T22:36:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108246-venezuela-to-create-workers-militia.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's president has ordered the creation of a new workers' militia to defend the country's "Bolivarian revolution" at a time when the government faces economic problems and political turmoil. President Nicolas Maduro gave few details about the militia, including how many members it would consist of, but said it would be par... Fri, 24 May 2013 19:25:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2108246-venezuela-to-create-workers-militia.html 2013-05-24T19:25:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106656-nypd-merchant-held-ransom-tortured-month.html NEW YORK (AP) — A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities said. Pedro Portugal, 52, was found this week by detectives who had been monitor... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:02:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2106656-nypd-merchant-held-ransom-tortured-month.html 2013-05-24T02:02:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105590-google-to-add-galapagos-islands-to-street-view.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Soon it will take only the click of a mouse or finger swipe on a tablet to explore some of the Galapagos Is... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105590-google-to-add-galapagos-islands-to-street-view.html 2013-05-23T17:24:25Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2102750-richard-carrion-declares-ioc-presidential-bid.html LONDON (AP) — Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing to deploy IOC staff permanently in host cities to help organize the games. The 60-year-old Carrion, a banking executive who chairs the IOC financ... Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2102750-richard-carrion-declares-ioc-presidential-bid.html 2013-05-22T13:46:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100956-ex-ford-execs-charged-argentine-torture-cases.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their 80s. Their case is part of a new wave of prosecutions focusing on corporate support for the... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:10:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2100956-ex-ford-execs-charged-argentine-torture-cases.html 2013-05-21T23:10:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2098634-penn-urges-us-to-pressure-bolivia-to-free-us-man.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors. Penn said international pressure on Bolivian President Evo Morales could help free Jacob Ostreicher of New York. "I... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:39:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2098634-penn-urges-us-to-pressure-bolivia-to-free-us-man.html 2013-05-21T00:39:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097586-large-earthquake-strikes-coast-chile.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but Chilean officials said it was not felt on land and discarded the possibility that it might unleash a tsunami. The quake was recorded at 5:49 a.m. local time (EDT; 0949 GMT) Monday, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles),... Mon, 20 May 2013 13:16:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2097586-large-earthquake-strikes-coast-chile.html 2013-05-20T13:16:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095440-reporter-remembers-fear-videlas-argentina.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning. I had trekked out to isolated Neuquen province looking for Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, the constitutionally elected leader that Videla and his military cohorts had just topp... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:57:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095440-reporter-remembers-fear-videlas-argentina.html 2013-05-18T23:57:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093404-oas-drug-study-eyes-marijuana-legalization.html LIMA, Peru (AP) — An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana. Drug policy reform advocates called the report historic, though it made no specific proposals and said there was "no significant support" among the OAS' 35 member states for legalizing cocaine, the illicit drug with the g... Fri, 17 May 2013 23:57:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2093404-oas-drug-study-eyes-marijuana-legalization.html 2013-05-17T23:57:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died quietly in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87. Federal Prison Serv... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093012-argentine-dictator-videla-dies-prison-age-87.html 2013-05-17T20:40:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093284-venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums.html PETARE, Venezuela (AP) — Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the outskirts of Caracas. Flashlights in his face, the driver steps out and places his hands on the roof while the soldiers frisk him for drugs and weapons. He's clean, and a hand gesture from the commanding officer ... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093284-venezuelas-military-enters-high-crime-slums.html 2013-05-17T20:10:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2093412-brazil-approves-law-to-modernize-ports.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil plans to modernize and expand its overcrowded ports, attract private investments to the sector and make it easier for companies to hire skilled foreign workers, in a bid to spur economic growth, The Brazilian Congress approved legislation late Thursday that allows the private sector to invest in state-owned ports and lifts restrict... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:38:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2093412-brazil-approves-law-to-modernize-ports.html 2013-05-17T19:38:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism. In fact, Brownfield was speaking of the danger of communities carrying out ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html 2013-05-17T19:03:23Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092526-indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-court-bans.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death. Looking on with worry is circus manager John Matthew. For 38 years, he... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2092526-indian-circuses-struggle-to-adapt-court-bans.html 2013-05-17T09:05:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089458-venezuelans-scrambling-to-find-scarce-toilet-paper.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls. After years of economic dysfunction, the country has gotten used to shortages of medicines and basic food items like milk and sugar but the scarcity of bathroom ... Thu, 16 May 2013 20:31:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2089458-venezuelans-scrambling-to-find-scarce-toilet-paper.html 2013-05-16T20:31:23Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090276-argentina-brokers-24-pct-wage-hikes-millions.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Two million Argentines will get wage hikes of 24 percent under a deal President Cristina Fernandez brokered with six allied labor unions. Now the government is hoping for similar numbers in next month's salary negotiations with unions aligned with her political opponents. They're led by truckers' union boss Hugo Moyano, who ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2090276-argentina-brokers-24-pct-wage-hikes-millions.html 2013-05-16T14:00:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088242-buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne ... Wed, 15 May 2013 19:29:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2088242-buenos-aires-launches-tours-argentine-pope.html 2013-05-15T19:29:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087952-amnesty-undeclared-dollars-divides-argentina.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A plan to get Argentines to pull their undeclared U.S. dollars from under their mattresses and out of illegal tax havens, and deposit them in the banking system is eliciting warnings that it will turn the country into a magnet for money launderers and organized crime. The government of President Cristina Fernandez dismisses ... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:04:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087952-amnesty-undeclared-dollars-divides-argentina.html 2013-05-15T18:04:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html SEROPEDICA, Brazil (AP) — There's a storage room just off a university lab that gives students more experience than many can handle: Skinned pigs and cats, disembodied cow livers, intestines, brains and the other unidentifiable detritus of years' worth of dissections fill a dozen wading pool-sized vats to the brim. With the veterinary department's inciner... Wed, 15 May 2013 17:06:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2087752-education-woes-achilles-heel-brazil.html 2013-05-15T17:06:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2085238-brazilian-register-gay-unions-marriages.html BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian notary publics must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a statement that notary publics cannot refuse to marry gay couples or convert a same-sex civil union into a marriage i... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:55:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2085238-brazilian-register-gay-unions-marriages.html 2013-05-14T18:55:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081340-carlos-jackal-ex-enigma-mired-court.html PARIS (AP) — Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary who was once one of the Cold War's most wanted men, is appealing his life sentence for orchestrating bombings in France two decades ago. Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, is serving two life sentences in France for a triple murder in 1975 and for the bombings in 1982 an... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:27:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081340-carlos-jackal-ex-enigma-mired-court.html 2013-05-13T13:27:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079150-ap-impact-cars-brazil-deadly.html SAO PAULO (AP) — The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world. What happens once those vehi... Mon, 13 May 2013 02:20:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2079150-ap-impact-cars-brazil-deadly.html 2013-05-13T02:20:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony Sunday in a packed St. Peter's Square. The "Martyrs of Otranto" were 813 Italians who were slain in the southern Italian city in 1480 for de... Sun, 12 May 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079922-pope-francis-church-hundreds-saints.html 2013-05-12T13:15:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079946-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has made hundreds of new saints at his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square. Here is a look at the people receiving the Catholic Church's highest honor: ANTONIO PEZZULLA AND 812 FELLOW MARTYRS In 1480, some 20,000 Turkish troops overran the citadel of Otranto in what is n... Sun, 12 May 2013 12:58:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2079946-saints-canonized-pope-francis.html 2013-05-12T12:58:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — His exclusives have triggered some of Colombia's biggest scandals, leading to the dismissals, arrests and prosecutions of dozens of crooked, sometimes murderous public officials. Yet in this age of social media saturation and in-your-face journalistic ego, Ricardo Calderon continues to shun the limelight. To the public, this old-fa... Fri, 10 May 2013 16:05:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html 2013-05-10T16:05:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075938-ap-photos-eerie-ghost-town-up-air.html EPECUEN, Argentina (AP) — A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires. Epecuen was once a bustling little lakeside resort, where 1,500 people served 20,000 tourists a season. During Argentina's golden age, the same trains that carried grain to the outside wor... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:02:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2075938-ap-photos-eerie-ghost-town-up-air.html 2013-05-10T12:02:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2075292-uruguay-general-28-years-prisoners-murder.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Uruguay has convicted an active general for dictatorship-era human rights violations for the first time. Gen. Miguel Dalmao was sentenced to 28 years in prison for the death of a communist professor. The general's defense lawyer told The Associated Press on Thursday that he has already appealed Wednesday's verdict, saying th... Thu, 09 May 2013 21:48:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2075292-uruguay-general-28-years-prisoners-murder.html 2013-05-09T21:48:52Z