http://thegringo.com/ en-us Fri, 18 May 2012 19:02:23 -0400 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23174&sectionID=294 The Colombian government yesterday announced it was willing to offer help to facilitate the handover of a French journalist who was kidnapped by the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:34:04 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23173&sectionID=294 The U.S.Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) became effective yesterday officially, bringing more trade and economic opportunities for the two markets. As the TPA came into force, more than 80 percent... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:31:30 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23172&sectionID=294 Foreign ministers from Brazil and Argentina agreed here yesterday to resolve the recent bilateral trade disputes between the two sides, especially those related to the restrictions as a consequence of... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:30:29 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23171&sectionID=294 An explosion in Bogota yesterday killed three people and injured several including former Interior Minister Fernando Londono in the capital city's financial district, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said. Londono,... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:28:43 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23170&sectionID=294 Prolific Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes died yesterday at the age of 83 at a local hospital in Mexico City, the national capital of Mexico. The president of the National Council... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:24:01 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23169&sectionID=294 Brazil has escalated a growing trade war with Argentina by increasing bureaucratic obstacles for importing about ten perishable products including apples, raisins, and potatoes, a senior Brazilian government official saud.... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:23:03 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23168&sectionID=294 Peru's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 5.55 percent in March from the year before, accumulating 31 consecutive months of growth, latest data from the government statistics agency showed. According to... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:21:53 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23167&sectionID=121 Repsol YPF SA the large Spanish oil and gas company has sued Argentina for seizing control of formerly state-owned energy company YPF SA, in which Repsol held a majority stake.... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:20:58 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23166&sectionID=294 Colombia's former Interior Minister Fernando Londono is in stable condition and his recovery looks good following an attempt on his life early yesterday, a hospital official said. Jorge Alberto Ospina,... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:05:00 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23166&sectionID=121 Colombia's former Interior Minister Fernando Londono is in stable condition and his recovery looks good following an attempt on his life early yesterday, a hospital official said. Jorge Alberto Ospina,... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:05:00 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23165&sectionID=294 Colombia should view its new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States as an opportunity instead of a threat to its economy, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said yesterday.... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:02:58 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23164&sectionID=294 The Brazilian Real dropped past US$2 for a second day as President Dilma Rousseff said it has been “extremely overvalued,” encouraging speculation the currency of Latin America’s biggest economy may... Wed, 16 May 2012 10:00:56 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23163&sectionID=294 The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Jose Miguel Insulza, has called upon countries to join forces and focus on developing a joint strategy against drug trafficking... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:59:30 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23162&sectionID=121 Peru's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Beraun has assured that Peru will remain a priority for Spanish development cooperation, which supports government-launched programmes aimed at alleviating poverty and promoting... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:22 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23161&sectionID=121 More than 3,050 businesses across the country have benefited so far from Compras a MyPerú, a government-led initiative for stimulating production by micro and small-sized enterprises (MSEs) in Peru. Gladys... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:56:04 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23160&sectionID=294 Peru will become the largest exporter of fruits and vegetables in the world, underpinned by rising global demand and increased sales, the country's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur)... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:55:07 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23159&sectionID=294 Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro has confirmed his departure from Werder Bremen but refused to disclose which club he will be joining next. The Peru international had been offered a new... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:53:52 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23158&sectionID=122 Peru's central Junin region will feature a food festival and an exhibition of potato varieties to mark celebrations for the National Potato Day on May 30. The festival, which is... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:52:51 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23157&sectionID=121 Haitian lawmakers have confirmed Foreign Minister Laurent Salvador Lamothe as the country's new prime minister, ending a lengthy political stalemate that has stalled reconstruction efforts from the 2010 earthquake, news... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:38 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23156&sectionID=298 A national summit in Bolivia will draw up a new health policy to improve service quality, infrastructure, financial resources and technology in the sector, Government Minister Juan Ramon Quintana said.... Wed, 16 May 2012 09:37:12 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23180&sectionID=294 Peru will present an important initiative for mountainous countries at Rio 20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to take place in June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The initiative... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:45:58 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23179&sectionID=294 US-based Newmont Mining and its Peruvian partner Buenaventura will respond to the government recommendations on the US$4.8 billion Minas Conga gold project soon, Buenaventura's chief executive, Roque Benavides said yesterday.... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:43:25 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23178&sectionID=302 The Brazilian women's team earned a ticket to defend their title at this summer's Olympic Games in London after beating Peru 3-0 (15-12, 25-16, 25-9) in the final of the... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:41:39 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23177&sectionID=294 South Korea's foreign minister Kim Sung-hwan will meet with his Guatemalan counterpart this week over bilateral ties, the foreign ministry here said today. Guatemala's top diplomat Harold Caballeros is scheduled... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:39:21 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23176&sectionID=294 The body of Mexican reporter Rene Orta Salgado was found over the weekend by police in the trunk of his car in central Mexico, news reports said. According to Morelo's... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:37:08 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=23175&sectionID=297 An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale shook northern Chile yesterday, causing panic. According to the Seismological Service of the University of Chile, the quake occurred at 06:00 local... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:36:27 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21254&sectionID=294 The Guatemalan government has declared a state of siege in Santa Cruz Barillas, following demonstrations and clashes sparked by the death of a community leader who opposed the construction of... Tue, 08 May 2012 14:51:00 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21254&sectionID=296 The Guatemalan government has declared a state of siege in Santa Cruz Barillas, following demonstrations and clashes sparked by the death of a community leader who opposed the construction of... Tue, 08 May 2012 14:51:00 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21257&sectionID=302 Mariano Rivera entered his name amongst the greatest baseball professionals when he broke the the saves record in major league baseball [es] last year. The Panamanian pitcher achieved 602 saves last year, breaking the... Tue, 08 May 2012 14:03:00 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21303&sectionID=294 The United States views its relations with its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere as vital to generating prosperity and solving “the transnational challenges that no one country can solve on... Tue, 08 May 2012 09:20:30 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21831&sectionID=294 The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of four key Sinaloa Cartel operatives, including two sons of Sinaloa drug lord Joaquin... Tue, 08 May 2012 07:29:05 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21830&sectionID=294 A Mexican federal judge has sentenced a Mexican man to 29 years in federal prison for possession, transmission and production of child pornography. This sentence is the longest ever issued... Tue, 08 May 2012 07:27:59 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21829&sectionID=294 U.S. Ambassador Anthony Wayne today joined Licenciada Margarita Zavala, wife of President Felipe Calderon and President of the National System for Integral Family Development (DIF), at two schools in Ozolco,... Tue, 08 May 2012 07:26:39 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21827&sectionID=298 Ms. Margarita Zavala, President of the DIF; Sra. Martha Erika Alonso, President of the DIF Puebla; María Cecilia Landerreche Gómez, Director General of the DIF; Luis Peña Kegel, Director General of... Tue, 08 May 2012 07:19:02 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=21827&sectionID=294 Ms. Margarita Zavala, President of the DIF; Sra. Martha Erika Alonso, President of the DIF Puebla; María Cecilia Landerreche Gómez, Director General of the DIF; Luis Peña Kegel, Director General of... Tue, 08 May 2012 07:19:02 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20822&sectionID=298 The 16th International Seminar of the Caribbean Medical Association (AMECA), to run in Havana from May 2nd to 4th, will talk active longevity and extending lifespan to 120 years. In... Sat, 05 May 2012 09:21:13 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20818&sectionID=121 Tomas Borge, one of the founders of Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista movement who served as interior minister after the 1979 revolution that toppled U.S.-backed dictator Anastasio Somoza, was laid to rest... Sat, 05 May 2012 09:02:13 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20817&sectionID=294 A delegation of Peruvian government officials will attend the 12th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) negotiations taking place in Dallas, Texas, May 8–18. The group will comprise representatives from... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:56:15 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20816&sectionID=221 Peru’s exports in March 2012 were valued at $3.91 billion, a 5 percent increase compared to the same month last year, according to Trade and Tourism Minister Jose Luis Silva.... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:54:11 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20816&sectionID=294 Peru’s exports in March 2012 were valued at $3.91 billion, a 5 percent increase compared to the same month last year, according to Trade and Tourism Minister Jose Luis Silva.... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:54:11 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20815&sectionID=121 Brazil will cut returns on new deposits to savings accounts, thereby paving the way for the central bank to further cut its benchmark lending rate, Finance Minister Guido Mantega announced.... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:52:54 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20814&sectionID=302 The International Olympic Committee, IOC, criticized on Friday an Argentine television spot that links the London Games to Argentina's sovereignty dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands, calling it a... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:50:41 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20813&sectionID=294 Brazil pledged major investment and technology transfer to Africa to repay a “solidarity debt” from a country with a huge black population to the poorest but resource-rich continent. “Brazil must... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:48:46 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20812&sectionID=294 President Hugo Chavez, in Cuba for cancer treatment, named key members of a Council of State Wednesday led by his Vice president, which some analysts see as a potential transitional... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:47:03 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20811&sectionID=294 President Cristina Fernández said that YPF will be a “great challenge for Argentina” since it will have to turn into a modern competitive oil company in line with the interests... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:44:54 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20810&sectionID=294 After a two-day session, Argentina’s Lower House voted late Thursday night 207-32 in favour of expropriating energy corporation YPF, clearing the way for President Cristina Fernandez to sign the controversial... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:43:00 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20809&sectionID=121 The European Central Bank, meeting in Spain on Thursday, held interest rates at historic lows but insisted it was up to governments to find ways of boosting growth without busting... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:41:26 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20809&sectionID=294 The European Central Bank, meeting in Spain on Thursday, held interest rates at historic lows but insisted it was up to governments to find ways of boosting growth without busting... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:41:26 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20808&sectionID=121 After two days of exchanges about bilateral issues, Cuba and Mexico concluded the 13th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, whose results will be included in a final declaration. The meeting began on Thursday... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:40:07 -0400 http://thegringo.com/index.php?articleID=20807&sectionID=296 With the approval by a large majority of a law to expropriate 51 percent of the shares of the oil company YPF, Argentina will retake the path of energy sovereignty,... Sat, 05 May 2012 08:38:22 -0400