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Chile Readies Drill in Bid to Save Trapped Miners
Miners in Chile smile and wave at a camera at 700 meters (2,300 feet) underground in a collapsed cooper mine where they have been trapped since Aug. 5.

Rousseff widens lead over Serra
Brazilian presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff increased her lead over opposition candidate Jose Serra to 24 points, according to an Ibope poll published by TV Globo network and O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.

 
Global Issues / Environment
China passes Japan as second-largest economy
After three decades of spectacular growth, China passed Japan in the second quarter to become the world’s second-largest economy behind the United States.

Fidel Castro addresses parliament on Iran
Former President Fidel Castro of Cuba addressed a session of Parliament for the first time in four years on Saturday, the latest of several recent public appearances after a long period of seclusion.

 
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Mexico launches probe of migrant massacre
Federal authorities said they will take over the investigation into the massacre of 72 migrants at a ranch in northern Mexico because evidence suggests drug traffickers were responsible.
Calderon proposes steps against money laundering
Mexico President Felipe Calderon says he'll offer legislation limiting big-ticket cash purchases by which drug traffickers launder billions of dollars smuggled south across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mexico lawmakers debate drug fight
President Felipe Calderón plans to invite legislators to participate later this week in his continuing discussions with all of Mexico’s political establishment about how to win the war against the drug cartels, his office said.
Mexico City's gay marriage law still igniting debate
A Catholic cardinal accuses the nation's Supreme Court, which this month reaffirmed the law, of being on the take.
'Presumed Guilty' failure of Mexico's justice system
In late 2005, a young street vendor in the crowded Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City was picked up by police, hauled to jail, and told: "You did it." Just like that, Antonio Zuniga was accused of the murder of a man he had never met...
Peru leader charged with rebellion eyes politics
A Peruvian protest leader facing rebellion charges stemming from deadly clashes last year announced Wednesday that Amazon Indians are looking to form their own political party, and he may be its presidential candidate.
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Economics
Argentine growth feeds investor optimism
Argentina bond risk fell the most in Latin America over the past three months as quickening economic growth and a $12.9 billion debt restructuring boosted confidence in the country’s ability to pay its debt.

 
Identity/Culture
Keeping an Incan mystery alive
Rapaz’s isolation has allowed it to guard an enduring archaeological mystery: a collection of khipus, the cryptic woven knots that may explain how the Incas — in contrast to contemporaries in the Ottoman Empire and China’s Ming dynasty — ruled a vast, administratively complex empire without a written language.

 
Soutbound Travel
House hunting in ... Colombia
The apartment is on the second story of a three-story, walk-up building, constructed of concrete about 40 years ago. The old city is Cartagena's tourist and cultural center; shopping, dining and public transportation are within walking distance.

 
Migration Issues
Grief across Latam for migrant killings
He was warned the journey north would be hard, so Gilmar Morales beefed up on eggs and sausage, bought some ham sandwiches from the bodega across the street, told his mother he loved her and set off with two other relatives on a path well-traveled by young people here in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.

 
Living/People
Trapped Chilean miners forge refuge
Mario Gómez is all too familiar with the hardships of prolonged confinement. While still in his 30s, his family said, he survived as a stowaway on a ship for 11 days, living below deck on little more than bits of chocolate and drops of water collected in a shoe — an ordeal so trying it brought him closer to God.

 
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Legalize, regulate and tax drugs

It’s great they got these drug lords, but they will be replaced quickly. Law enforcement is helpless in the fight against the cartels due to their economic ability to sustain their criminal activities.
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Is the death of books upon us?
On the strength of the popular Kindle, Amazon says it now sells more e-books than hardcovers. What's being lost is the messy tactile narrative of how books are made manifest and cling to our lives, as "The Hobbit" did to mine.
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Apocalyptic views hinder constructive political debate
Let's dispense right away with the fiction, promoted by Glenn Beck himself, that his rally wasn't a political event.

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79% of oil remains in Gulf of Mexico

Most of the oil that leaked from BP’s Macondo well from April 20 to July 15 is still beneath the water’s surface, five scientists including Samantha Joye, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Georgia in Athens, concluded in a memo made public. The researchers say they drew upon the U.S. government’s study while reaching different conclusions.

bloomberg.com
Can Wyclef Jean save Haiti?

The hip-hop artist's presidential run generates excitement. But some Haitians are skeptical whether he has what it takes to lead the beleaguered nation — if his candidacy is even legal.

latimes.com
The Ethics Watchdog Making Democrats Squirm

Wise's leadership of the two-year-old independent office has rubbed many Democrats the wrong way now that two unprecedented ethics trials — of Charles Rangel, former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and of Maxine Waters, senior member of the House committee that oversees banking — are slated to take place just weeks ahead of the midterm elections.


time.com
A New $800 Billion Stimulus Through Fannie and Freddie?

The rumors are continuing to grow louder that the Obama administration is planning to announce a massive stimulus via the housing market later this month.

theatlantic.com
Senadores republicanos de USA preocupados por vínculos de Chávez con grupos terroristas

En una carta a la secretaria de Estado, Hillary Clinton, los representantes proponen evaluar si se debe incluir a Venezuela en la lista de 'Estados patrocinadores del terrorismo'.

eltiempo.com
Champion Italy’s aging brings worries of flop


Italians may have a preference for older vintages when it comes to wine. It’s a different matter when it comes to their champion soccer squad.

bloomberg.com
Thousands sign on for $10 billion BP suit

They join class action after learning Texas City refinery released tons of benzene into the air.

chron.com
After Haiti Quake, Adoption Chaos

Some Haitian orphanages were nearly emptied, even though they had not been affected by the quake or licensed to handle adoptions. Children were released without legal documents showing they were orphans and without regard for evidence suggesting fraud.


nytimes.com
In Latin America, a Harbinger of Women's Rights

It’s a stunning development on a continent where not long ago such a bold measure would have been unthinkable.


nytimes.com
Many Haitians still homeless more than six months after quake

A thickening hopelessness hangs over the 1.5 million displaced people who await more durable shelters.


latimes.com
Washington Shores Up Its Strategic Assets in Asia

America’s military maneuvers with South Korea last week reminded China of the overwhelming naval superiority that the U.S. and its allies still enjoy in the region.


nytimes.com
Recess '10: Democrats Work to Ensure a Friendlier Reception This Year

As House members depart for the six-week summer recess beginning Monday, Republican leaders are hinting that Democrats may opt to dodge constituents rather than endure another round of overheated public events.


time.com
Are GOP Senators Serious About Changing the 14th Amendment? (Hint: Probably Not)

And perhaps most important, the top GOP senator is also behind the reform push. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky also wants hearings, he says, although he too stops short of calling for repeal.


newsweek.com
China invests in fuel maker for reactors

A company here that is partly owned by the Chinese government has quietly purchased a 5.1 percent stake in the only American-owned provider of enriched uranium for use in civilian nuclear reactors.


nytimes.com
Slow progress for Cuba communication

The ability of Cubans to communicate with each another and with the rest of the world remained well below that of other Caribbean and Latin American countries in 2009, according to a United Nations report released recently.


nytimes.com
Un primer puesto que nadie quiere

Un nuevo informe de la ONU ha vuelto a poner en evidencia la competición entre Perú y Colombia por evitar el dudoso honor de ser el primer productor de hoja de coca en el mundo. El documento, se ha leído de forma diferente en cada país. Mientras en Colombia se aseguró que Perú había pasado a ser el primer productor mundial, en Lima se afirmó lo contrario.


elpais.com
In Mexico, dollar transactions scrutinized

Mexico announced some of the toughest restrictions in its history on dollar cash transactions on in an attempt to fight money laundering that is fueling an increasingly bloody drug war.

nytimes.com
Rousseff y Serra se enfrentan a Lula por los impuestos

La polémica sobre la alta carga tributaria de los brasileños, que se aproxima al 40%, la más alta de los países emergentes y de las más altas del mundo, ha enfrentado por primera vez al presidente, Lula da Silva, y a su candidata para sucederle, Dilma Rousseff. Curiosamente, el principal candidato de la oposición, José Serra, está de acuerdo en este punto con su adversaria política.

elpais.com
Venezuela’s military ties with Cuba concerns

The quiet expansion of Cuba’s military role here has raised a particular concern among critics of Mr. Chávez, who maintain that the military is being retooled — with Cuba’s help — into an institution that can be used to quell any domestic challenge to the president.

nytimes.com
En marcha el 'proceso' para liberar presos Cubanos

El acercamiento de un grupo de presos de conciencia cubanos a cárceles cercanas a sus residencias, que comenzó el martes, es sólo el primer paso de un proceso que involucra a la Iglesia católica cubana y al Gobierno de Raúl Castro, y cuyo objetivo es la excarcelación de los presos políticos, o al menos de los más enfermos.

elpais.com
Joran van der Sloot led high-stakes life in South America


Now under arrest for the murder of a woman in Peru, Joran van der Sloot -- the prime suspect in the Natalee Holloway case -- led a life of high stakes.

miamiherald.com
Peru president still unpopular

During his first term as president about 20 years ago, when Peru was suffering from terrorist attacks by a Maoist insurgency, he was widely blamed for the hyperinflation that crippled the nation’s economy. Now in what might be considered his comeback term, a chance to rehabilitate his place in history, the insurgency is a shadow of its former self, the economy is booming — and he is still battling low approval ratings and heated criticism from his constituents.


nytimes.com
Turning a Crisis Into an Opportunity

At a political fund-raiser on Thursday for a close friend running for his old Senate seat, President Obama brought up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to make his case to voters.


nytimes.com
Medicare Stronger, Social Security Worse in Short Run, Report Finds

Medicare will remain financially solvent for 12 additional years, until 2029, because of the cost-cutting measures in President Obama’s recently enacted health care legislation.


nytimes.com
Housing Insanity

The government is less worried about protecting itself from default than protecting itself from voters who want to buy a home at cheap rates.


theatlantic.com
Capped

The Senate’s retreat from cap and trade might, one day, lead to a carbon tax. For now it leaves a dreadful mess.


economist.com
Will Same Sex Marriage be Won or Lost in the Courts?

To secure equal marriage, and equal rights in general, we need a win at the ballot box, which has so far eluded us.


theatlantic.com
The age of immoderation

The general election will likely turn Kansas blood red. Mr Moran is all but certain to win. Mr Brownback looks sure to claim the governor’s office, ousting Ms Sebelius’s Democratic replacement. Most remarkably, a lawyer who helped craft Arizona’s controversial immigration law may become Kansas’s secretary of state.


economist.com
How to get children out of jobs and into school


The limits of Brazil’s much admired and emulated anti-poverty programme.


economist.com
California Republicans shunning one traditional path to victory: the environment

In previous elections, GOP candidates have been rewarded for responding to voters' environmental concerns. Those concerns continue, a study finds, but Fiorina and Whitman are focusing elsewhere.


latimes.com
Who's the boss?


WITH Fidel Castro returning to public life after a four-year absence, Cuba’s state television has the vexed problem of how to refer to him—and whether he or Raúl Castro, his younger brother who succeeded him as president, comes first in seniority.


economist.com
Bad News for Democrats, and Republicans

On a left-right continuum, voters now place themselves much closer to the Republican Party than to the Democratic Party.


theatlantic.com
Get Ready for Political Supergroups

As in super PACs, or political action committees, potentially massive political groups that will raise and spend unlimited amounts of money in support of candidates.


theatlantic.com
Funding, infighting and forests – the Brazilian view on climate change

Brazil's special ambassador for climate change, Sergio Serra, offers an insider's view as negotiators gather in Bonn for another round of talks.


guardian.co.uk
In Cuba, Revolution Day Without Castro at Podium


Raúl Castro is known among Cubans as a pragmatist, not an orator. But the Cuban president surprised even those accustomed to his reticence on Monday, when he chose not to address an expectant crowd gathered to celebrate Revolution Day in this university town.


nytimes.com
Honduras Faces Criticism Over Journalist Killings After a Coup


The Honduran government’s failure to investigate the killings of seven journalists this year has fostered “a climate of lawlessness that is allowing criminals to kill journalists with impunity,” the Committee to Protect Journalists concluded in a report released Tuesday.


nytimes.com
Arizona immigration law blocked by judge in temporary victory for Obama

A federal judge today slapped down key elements of a controversial anti-immigration law in Arizona, handing a temporary victory to the Obama administration against a rising tide of anti-immigration feeling in the US.


guardian.co.uk
Obama Calls for Small-Business Incentives

President Barack Obama, speaking at a sandwich shop in New Jersey Wednesday, urged Congress to pass legislation that would provide financial incentives to small businesses and said he expects it to be passed before mid-August.


online.wsj.com
Dictamen inmigración EEUU es espada doble filo

El dictamen de una jueza estadounidense que bloquea partes de la ley de inmigración de Arizona podría impulsar la posición del presidente Barack Obama entre los hispanos, además de vigorizar a sus rivales republicanos que apoyan la estricta ley.


lta.reuters.com
Cameron Vows to Push Ahead With Immigration Cap

Prime Minister David Cameron said his coalition government would push ahead with its plan to cap non-European Union immigration but said the government would consult as widely as possible to prevent the policy hurting Britain's economy.


online.wsj.com
Border Rap


The former president of Mexico talks about American politics and perceptions of immigrants.



nytimes.com
Brazil’s President Works to Lend Popularity to a Protégée

With less than three months until the presidential election, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is trying to make enough of his magic dust stick to his chosen successor, Dilma Rousseff, to persuade voters to elect her as the first female president of Brazil, Latin America’s largest country.


nytimes.com
Global economy needs zero-percent rates

The saying of radical things is easy sport among central-bank watchers. If they’re wrong, the wave of consensus erases most evidence they ever said anything at all. If, however, a wild, contrary call proves right, the rewards can be spectacular.


bloomberg.com
Key Obama economic adviser Romer stepping down

Christina Romer, one of President Barack Obama's top economic advisers, said on Thursday she was stepping down, an exit that comes as the White House struggles to keep the recovery on track with congressional elections looming in November.


reuters.com
After Strong Results, Firms Look Ahead Warily


As corporate America winds up its third straight quarter of impressive profits, trends that have emerged during the earnings season, along with signs of sluggishness in the economic recovery, indicate companies are likely headed for much less showy gains.


online.wsj.com
A deeper hole

The Commerce Department’s latest GDP figures show an economy that lost momentum in the second quarter of 2010. But they also include revisions to data going back to the beginning of 2007, covering the whole of the recession. And the recession was worse than previously believed.


economist.com
A Labor Market Punishing to Mothers

The best hope for making progress against today’s gender inequality probably involves some combination of legal and cultural changes, which happens to be the same combination that beat back the old sexism.


nytimes.com
Senate Debate Looms on Tax Cuts for Rich

Senate leaders said Wednesday that debate would most likely begin in September over whether to let the Bush income tax cuts for the rich expire at the end of this year as scheduled, setting up a new battle just weeks before the midterm elections.


nytimes.com
The Politically Incorrect Guide to Ending Poverty

In the 1990s, Paul Romer revolutionized economics. In the aughts, he became rich as a software entrepreneur. Now he’s trying to help the poorest countries grow rich—by convincing them to establish foreign-run “charter cities” within their borders.


theatlantic.com
Analistas bajan la inflación de Brasil 2010 y la proyectan a 5,27%

La estimación promedio 2011 para el Índice de Precios al Consumidor Amplio (IPCA) se mantuvo en 4,8%. Las proyecciones 2010 para el crecimiento del Producto Interno Bruto se mantuvieron en 7,2%.


americaeconomia.com
China is too big to fail


The Chinese model is not sustainable in the long run – and the global community must do all it can to help China rise again.


guardian.co.uk
The US economy is not yet on the road to recovery

Getting the economy growing at a more rapid pace will inevitably require another round of stimulus from the government.


guardian.co.uk
HSBC rejects bid to force lending as profits soar

Bank posts first half profits of £7.2bn, but lending falls and finance director questions government's credit targets.


guardian.co.uk
Mexicana airline suspends several California-Mexico flights

Just days after discussing financial problems, the carrier cancels four of its 15 daily flights from LAX at least until the end of August. Other cities are also affected.


latimes.com
Crece el comercio entre los países miembros del Mercosur

El intercambio comercial está en vías de alcanzar un total cercano a los US$41.000 millones entre los cuatro miembros originales de Mercosur.


americaeconomia.com
Vivo shares climb as Spain's Telefonica wins control


Brazil's main stock index gained ground Wednesday, aided by a jump in Vivo Participacoes SA shares after a Spanish telecom heavyweight won its battle for control of the Brazilian mobile-services giant.


marketwatch.com
Google Develops a Facebook Rival


Google Inc. is in talks with several makers of popular online games as it seeks to develop a broader social-networking service that could compete with Facebook Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.


online.wsj.com
Emerging markets' outperformance draws investors

International stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds could attract more new money this year over 2009, powered in part by emerging markets holding up better than developed nations in the downturn.


marketwatch.com
BP's missed opportunity on executive pay

BP has pledged to learn from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and to come away from the disaster with a renewed focus on safety.


money.cnn.com
Stocks fall on economic fears


Stocks fell Wednesday as a worse-than-expected report on durable goods orders and weaker quarterly results from Boeing and others added to concerns about the pace of the economic recovery.


money.cnn.com
Unemployment Rises in 75% of Metro Areas

The unemployment rate in about three-quarters of the nation's largest metro areas rose last month as nearly one million teenagers entered the work force looking for summer jobs.


time.com
Mercado brasileño vuelve a recortar el pronóstico de inflación

Los economistas consultados por el banco central estimaron que los precios al consumidor cerrará 2010 en 5,35%. En el mismo sentido, también previeron que la tasa Selic finalizará el año en 11,75%.


americaeconomia.com
Forecast for 2011 Deficit Is Raised to $1.4 Trillion


The White House raised its forecast Friday for the fiscal-2011 budget deficit to $1.4 trillion, or 9.2% of the economy, adding new fuel to the political battle over how to tame the flood of red ink.


online.wsj.com
Beck: People don't recognize 'Obama's version of Christianity'

Beck explained that the gathering, which took place on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech in the same location, was intended to reclaim the mantle of the civil rights movement from politics for "people of faith." Beck dismissed his critics who say that he has frequently engaged in racial politics by saying "race should not be in politics."


voices.washingtonpost.com
Mexico needs U.S. help -- but not troops

The escalation of drug-related violence in Mexico -- including the mass execution of 72 migrants last week -- is moving a small but growing number of U.S. foreign policy hawks to call for a radical solution: send in the U.S. Army. A. Oppenheimer.


miamiherald.com
Brazil bank gone wild distorts market: Alexandre Marinis

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has transformed Brazil’s state development bank into a key engine of economic growth since his re-election in 2006. Yet Lula’s policy of pushing the bank’s involvement into so many areas of Brazilian life now threatens the momentum of the world’s eighth-largest economy.



bloomberg.com
More on Taxes

I argued that Obama needs to break his promise on taxes, and raise them once the recovery is solid for middle-class Americans as well as for the rich.


theatlantic.com
The Broadband gap

In a report issued last month, the F.C.C. estimated that 14 million to 24 million Americans — 5 percent to 8 percent of the population — still have no access to broadband from their homes.


nytimes.com
Xenophobia: Fear-Mongering for American Votes

The proponents of changing the 14th Amendment also would have to acknowledge the big-government colossus that new rules would require, burdening all parents to prove their children’s status.


nytimes.com
Irlanda se desarrolló gracias a menos impuestos

La reducción en las tasas impositivas, tanto a personas como a empresas, fue crítica en la transformación económica de Irlanda.


americaeconomia.com
Alternación en el Bicentenario

Los retos por delante para el presidente electo son inmensos. Pese a sus avances, los problemas de seguridad están lejos de haberse resuelto.


eltiempo.com
Razones para el optimismo

Cada día más gente tiene acceso a la educación, a la seguridad, a la justicia, y una meta tan increíble como ser feliz, antes un privilegio de pocos, hoy es posible para millones de personas. No podemos bajar la guardia, pero existen menos razones para ser pesimistas, y eso ya es algo admirable.


elespectador.com
Affirmative action's time is up

With the country rapidly diversifying, white racial anxiety is rising. President Obama should end the program to avoid a destructive white backlash.


latimes.com
America as an export nation?

Debates over how to boost the flagging recovery, promoting exports isn’t usually at top of the list.  But it should be.  Export growth can make this recovery job-filled rather than jobless.


blogs.reuters.com
Si no sirve, que no estorbe

A diferencia del Parlamento Europeo, el Andino no sirve para nada. Sus miembros se reúnen muy de vez en cuando -eso sí, grandes gastos incluidos- y sólo para dar recomendaciones y opinar sobre lo divino y lo humano, sin que esas opiniones tengan consecuencia alguna, pues el Parlamento Andino carece de capacidad decisoria.


eltiempo.com
Senate Republicans ask: What’s the hurry on the new START treaty?

When it comes to ratifying President Obama's nuclear arms reduction treaty with the Russians, Senate Republicans say: don't rush us.


blogs.reuters.com
Forget about Google Me, Facebook unveils its Google rival



blogs.reuters.com
Shock! Emerging capital controls may just be working

Do capital controls work?  After years of telling us that they do not, the IMF and World Bank  reluctantly conceded last year they may not be all that bad and indeed in some cases they may actually help keep away some of the speculators who have in recent years been pouring into emerging markets.


blogs.reuters.com
Arizona's Immigration Surprises

The new law will be a boon to lawyers and a burden on police and businesses.


online.wsj.com
Keeping Politics in the Shadows

Free speech implies responsibility. The Supreme Court said earlier this year that corporations and unions have the First Amendment right to spend whatever they want on independent political ads, but many businesses don’t want the responsibility that comes with that new right.


nytimes.com
Letter From Port of Spain

A recent election in Trinidad and Tobago was a hopeful sign that the country is willing to take on its powerful drug gangs. But corruption and gang violence are entrenched forces that the new government may not be able to overcome. Is the country on the verge of unraveling?


foreignaffairs.com
Arizona, rogue state

How then did Arizona whip itself into its present froth? You cannot blame it all on the politicians: they only go with the wind. But those seeking re-election this November bent like straw.


economist.com
Four reasons to believe in Brazil

WHEN, in 2001, Goldman Sachs dreamt up the acronym BRICs for the largest emerging economies, the country that most people said did not belong in the group was Brazil. Today, the leading candidate for exclusion is Russia.


economist.com
Banker-versus-trader duel over on Wall Street

The idea of traders battling bankers for the top job seems as quaint as Volcker’s world of partnerships. If a financial firm is lucky enough to find someone capable of everything required, his or her background shouldn’t matter.


blogs.reuters.com
Back-to-school shopping goes mobile

Back-to-school shopping deals are just a text message away this year as retailers wade into the brave new world of mobile commerce.


washingtonpost.com
Microsoft co-founder sues tech giants over patents

Paul Allen lobbed a patent violation lawsuit at some of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies, accusing them of using ideas hatched at one of his former businesses. He is suing Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and seven other firms, accusing them of infringing on four of its patents related to Internet search and e-commerce.


washingtonpost.com
Microsoft Mines Web to Hone Language Tool

Microsoft Corp. researchers in Beijing are using data mined from the Web to enhance an online Chinese-to-English dictionary and language-practice service, a technique that could one day be used in similar tools for anyone learning a language.


online.wsj.com
Android Beats iPhone With New Subscribers

By the end of 2011, there could be more smartphones in the United States than the less advanced feature phones, according to a report released Monday by the Nielsen Company, a market trends monitor.


bits.blogs.nytimes.com
Media Companies Try Getting Social With Tumblr

Until last month, Mr. Coatney was a senior editor at Newsweek, where as a side project he headed up the magazine’s social efforts on Twitter and Facebook. Last year he decided to add Tumblr to his repertoire.


nytimes.com
Using Your Mac as a DVR

TiVo and other digital video recorder systems have been around for eons, but until recently, I would stay home to watch a must-see show, commercials and all.


online.wsj.com



RIM unveils new BlackBerry to counter Apple iPhone

Research In Motion unveiled a new BlackBerry aimed at wooing consumers away from Apple's iPhone and other rivals, but analysts said the handset won't blow away the competition.


reuters.com
Study claims internet addicted teens more likely to suffer depression

Dr. Lawrence Lam of the Sydney School of Medicine points the finger at "pathological use of the internet" as a major risk factor for depression, stating that those teens whose eyeballs were most glued to the screen were 2.5 times more likely to suffer from mental health problems.


engadget.com
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Are Feeling Glum

Confidence among venture capitalists in Silicon Valley weakened in the second quarter, according to a new industry report, as concerns over financing, the economy and new regulations added to an already tough working environment.


dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

How Fast Can a Cloud Run?

The cloud has been put on notice: It’s being watched.


bits.blogs.nytimes.com
The Difference Engine: Not all hot air

Since the Montgolfier brothers’ experiments in the late 1700s, balloons have been steered mainly by changing altitude, with the drifting occupants seeking a wind at a different level that will blow them, hopefully, in the desired direction. By contrast, blimps—and airships in general—are powered and steerable craft that go more or less where they please.


economist.com
What You Want: Flickr Creator Spins Addictive New Web Service

Fake’s solution is uniquely, well, Fakeian: Get people talking about themselves — their opinions, tastes, beliefs, idiosyncrasies. Then, once they have shared.


www.wired.com
Light fantastic

IT SOUNDS foolproof. One of the fundamental tenets of quantum mechanics is that measuring a physical system always disturbs it. If the system in question is a message in a series of digital bits encoded in the polarisation of light, this means that intercepting and reading the message can no longer be done.


economist.com
So-Called 'Digital Natives' Not Media Savvy, New Study Shows

"In Google we trust." That may very well be the motto of today's young online users, a demographic group often dubbed the "digital natives" due their apparent tech-savvy.


nytimes.com
Bringing Data Mining Into the Mainstream

Leading technology companies — I.B.M., Microsoft, Oracle, SAP — have all made large investments in the last few years in business intelligence and analytics software, to offer advanced data mining products to corporate customers.


bits.blogs.nytimes.com
Yahoo Japan Teams With Google on Search

Yahoo Japan will use Google technology to power its Internet search engine and search advertising platform, the Japanese company announced Tuesday, diverging from a nascent alliance between the U.S. Internet portal Yahoo and Microsoft.


nytimes.com
Google fixes Chrome holes, seeks security reform

Google paid two $1,337 bounties for work that lets Chrome avoid critical security problems by sidestepping vulnerabilities in Windows and the widely used glibc software library.


news.cnet.com
The Other Side Of The Smartphone War

While Apple, Google and Research In Motion slug it out over who has the slickest smartphone on the planet, there are other pieces to this fight that most people never see.


forbes.com
Apple Magic Trackpad first hands-on

It feels just like using a slightly larger version of a MacBook or MacBook Pro pad. And we mean exactly, right down to the multitouch gestures and whole-pad click.

engadget.com
EU Adds IBM to Target List

Reanimating long-dormant scrutiny of International Business Machines Corp., European Union antitrust authorities said Monday they have opened formal investigations into Big Blue's conduct in the market for powerful mainframe computers.


online.wsj.com
Where the Bloggers Are Concentrated

As might be expected, 21- to 35-year-olds now constitute a majority of all bloggers, making up 53.3 percent of that population.


nytimes.com
Atomic-bomb survivors offer clues on cancer treatment risks

DNA from survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 65 years ago may help doctors gauge whether certain cancer treatments can trigger genetic defects that can be passed on to patients’ children.


bloomberg.com
The Salt Hiding in Your Diet

Even Your Taste Buds May Not Know: Culprits Include Cereal, Sliced Bread and Roast Chicken (but Not Chocolate).


online.wsj.com
Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials

Americans are continuing to get fatter and fatter, with obesity rates reaching 30 percent or more in nine states last year, as opposed to only three states in 2007, health officials reported on Tuesday.


nytimes.com
Number of Americans drinking hits 25 year high: poll

Whether it's a pint of beer, a glass of wine or a shot of booze, Americans are drinking alcohol at the highest rate in 25 years, according to a Gallup poll.


reuters.com
Simple, Tasty Ways to Get More Fiber

It's no secret that fiber is essential, possibly reducing the risk of heart disease and diabetes.


online.prevention.com
Be Sure Exercise Is All You Get at the Gym

Recreational athletes as well as participants in organized sports are prone to fungal, viral and bacterial skin infections.


nytimes.com
How can hospitals curb elective early deliveries?

Now a new study shows that tougher hospital policies can go a long way toward curbing the practice.


reuters.com
Everything You Know About Happiness is Wrong

Experts attribute about 50% of a person’s happiness to genetic endowments and another 10% to circumstances—where we live, how much money we make, how healthy we are. That leaves 40% of our happiness in our control. Fortunately, science has much to say about how we can make the most of that 40%.


online.prevention.com
Oakland council OKs plan to set up pot factories


Oakland's City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that could make it the first city in the state to permit industrial marijuana production, a path-breaking decision that could spur the commercialization of a crop largely grown in hidden gardens.


latimes.com
Disrupted sleep patterns could add to risk of obesity, diabetes

Disrupted sleep patterns seem to contribute to the risk of obesity and diabetes, according to numerous studies. Researchers have theorized that disrupted circadian rhythms throw off various hormonal processes in the body that contribute to disease.


latimes.com
9 "Harmless" Habits That Age You

Staying up late and canceling social plans? Why these and other moves can make you older.


online.prevention.com
In Search of the Green Cookout

For the growing number of consumers aspiring to live a more natural, environmentally friendly lifestyle, the summer cookout poses a particular conundrum.


online.wsj.com
Accessories and tech devices for your workout

Vibration platforms, which purportedly provide a host of bone, muscle, circulatory, flexibility and injury-rehab benefits by shaking your body 20 to 50 times a second as you stand on them, are becoming more varied and practical as the market grows beyond pro sports teams and physical therapy offices.


latimes.com
Study Explores Links Between Obesity and Chronic Pain

Obesity and chronic pain are both linked with family history and mood disorders, a new study suggests.


news.health.com
Ad Rules Stall, Keeping Cereal a Cartoon Staple

A report to Congress from several federal agencies — expected to include strict nutritional definitions for the sorts of foods that could be advertised to children — is overdue, and officials say it could be months before it is ready. Some advocates fear the delay could result in the measure being stripped of its toughest provisions.


nytimes.com
Potential Found in a New Approach to Alzheimer’s

A potentially promising approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease has been developed by researchers studying sirtuin, a protein thought capable of extending lifespan in laboratory animals.


nytimes.com
A step in the right direction

A simple walk out in the fresh air often helps focus the mind and clear it of those everyday concerns. But why?


guardian.co.uk
Investigation: take home genetic tests inconsistent

An undercover investigation conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds that take-home genetic test kits yield inconsistent results and provide little useful guidance for health decisions.


wellness.blogs.time.com
Pantry Raid: Vegan doesn't necessarily mean healthy

They try to avoid animal products. But that doesn't mean the busy couple won't run to a fast-food outlet or snack on potato chips when pressed.


latimes.com
Happiness may come with age

It is inevitable. We get old. It sounds miserable, but apparently it is not. A large Gallup poll has found that by almost any measure, people get happier as they get older, and researchers are not sure why.


nytimes.com
Thirdhand smoke forms cancer-causing residue that lasts

Tobacco smoke contamination lingering on furniture, clothes and other surfaces, dubbed thirdhand smoke, may react with indoor air chemicals to form potential cancer-causing substances, a study found.


bloomberg.com
Sanctions if fans are racist

Juventus may face sanctions from European soccer governing body UEFA if its fans repeat racist behavior against Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli during the Europa League.


bloomberg.com
Few Things to Think About When Lining Up That Kick

Penalty kicks, in theory, represent a relatively simple task for a professional player: score against only the goalkeeper from 12 yards, and do it at your own pace. And yet the shootout has become a confounding stumbling block, one that regularly diverts national sports heroes like Baggio onto paths of international infamy.


nytimes.com
The Difference Between Winning and Losing

In today's game of soccer most would argue that the most important person in a team is the coach. But a new position has arisen from the depths of the grandstand and his importance has significantly increased.


ezinearticles.com
Psychology of Penalty Kicks

The soccer "penalty shootout" in the knock-out phase of major international tournaments is one of the most dramatic events in international soccer.


elitesoccerconditioning.com
EPlayer Psychology for Youth Soccer Athletes

Courage for soccer players is the attitude to take players on, to try a step over turn when the defender is at full speed running for the ball and then turning out of pressure. It's the ability to go for broke, to take a hit, to make a play when the game is tied and to shoot at goal.


leftfootreflections.blogspot.com
Interesting penalty psychology

Not much is certain in the World Cup, yet you can place a pretty safe bet that at one point during the World Cup one country is going to lament its inability to score penalty kicks.


blogs.chron.com
The Importance of Self-Image and Confidence

The biggest problem I have found facing most young soccer players is a distinct lack of real belief or confidence in their own ability.


fundamentalsoccer.com
England soccer's biggest fan: Burma?

As England takes the pitch at the South Africa World Cup, throngs of Burmese will likely take to their local tea shops to watch their favorite team.


csmonitor.com
World Cup: What's worse, the vuvuzelas or the whining about them?

Calls to ban the long, plastic horns called vuvuzelas from the South Africa World Cup are increasing as players, coaches, fans, and announcers complain about how distracting they are.


csmonitor.com

In search for digital philosophy

Another way of seeing FIFA’s approach is as a rare and revealing act of resistance in relentlessly digitizing times. FIFA’s digital skepticism is a notable exception to this feature-led culture.


nytimes.com

Chile sees an opportunity to rise from the rubble

The country that last played the World Cup 12 years ago looks to Humberto Suazo, who led his team to victory hours after February's earthquake. History hints that more triumphs could be on the horizon.


latimes.com
World Cup marketing stunt leads to arrests

In the months leading up to the World Cup in South Africa, fans planning to attend the tournament were repeatedly warned about the dangers criminals might pose to their enjoyment of the spectacle. What officials apparently failed to anticipate was the threat to the spectacle posed by fans armed with short dresses.


thelede.blogs.nytimes.com

Spanish goalkeeper’s girlfriend distracts

Spanish football fans bewildered by their team’s World Cup 1-0 defeat by Switzerland were focusing their anger on a beautiful TV sports presenter whom they accuse of distracting the goalkeeper.


thelede.blogs.nytimes.com
South Africa savors transformative World Cup moment

Time for the game. The 2010 World Cup, a potentially nation-changing event, was ready to begin.


latimes.com
Judgment day approaches for Diego Maradona

Argentina's troubled coach and soccer great will put his legacy on the line at the World Cup.


latimes.com
Calling the long shots: U.S. among World Cup-contending underdogs

Here's why Greece, the Ivory Coast, Portugal, Serbia and the United States have a chance.


latimes.com
   
Hotels spring up as Colombia grows safer for tourists

Investment-friendly government of departing President Alvaro Uribe, along with a U.S.-funded military crackdown, is transforming Colombia's image as a land of civil war, drug trafficking and insecurity on the streets.

latimes.com
U.S. needs to reevaluate Plan Colombia

Colombia gets a new president this week, but more is required to bring change. We cannot continue to celebrate a so-called success story that has had disturbing human rights and humanitarian repercussions.

latimes.com
El Canciller nunca estuvo de acuerdo con la reelección

En entrevista con El Espectador, Jaime Bermúdez reconoce que tuvo equivocaciones y que se va preocupado por la ambigüedad de Suramérica frente a las Farc.


elespectador.com
Inflación negativa de 0.04% en julio permitirá cumplir meta de 3%

En los últimos 12 meses, el IPC presentó una variación de 2,24%, precisa el Dane.

elespectador.com

Un futuro parcialmente transitado

El gobierno que asume mañana dio un paso muy alentador esta semana cuando dio a conocer un código de conducta asumida por los miembros del equipo.

eltiempo.com

Se profundizan las diferencias entre Álvaro Uribe y el Poder Judicial

El mandatario colombiano demandó al magistrado que pidió investigar a su hijo mayor por un presunto caso de tráfico de influencias. Por su parte, la Corte Suprema respaldó al profesional, argumentando que actúa dentro de sus competencias legales.


americaeconomia.com
Finalizó reunión entre Germán Vargas Lleras y el Presidente de la Corte Constitucional

Lleras aseguró que"no es correcto interferir en los asuntos de las cortes" y reiteró la disposición del Gobierno a concertar con magistrados y jueces lo que ha denominado como la gran reforma a la justicia y dijo que se van a tener en cuenta las conclusiones a las que llegó la Comisión de presidentes y ex presidentes de las altas cortes sobre el tema.

eltiempo.com
¿Cuál bonanza?

EL NUEVO MINISTRO DE HACIENDA, Juan Carlos Echeverry, confía en una bonanza petrolera a la vuelta de la esquina que duplicará la producción, que hoy se acerca a los 780.000 barriles diarios de crudo.

elespectador.com
¿Es posible aún una negociación con las Farc?

El Gobierno “no ha cerrado la puerta a la paz”, dijo el vice electo Garzón, mientras la guerrilla ha enviado ocho mensajes en los que habla de buscar una salida política al conflicto. Pero, ¿es suficiente?

semana.com
Venezuela dice que la crisis con Colombia debe tratarse en la Unasur

Así lo manifestó el canciller venezolano en la reunión del Mercosur que se realiza en Argentina, donde afirmó que “pensamos que es un tema (el conflicto colombo-venezolano) que ya ha sido tratado en Unasur".

americaeconomia.com
Superpoderosos

Los dos principales grupos bancarios del país, Aval y Bancolombia, son ahora jugadores regionales y trasladaron su competencia a Centroamérica. Una muestra del poder de la banca local.


semana.com
Corte Constitucional revisará acuerdo de bases militares

La Corte Constitucional fijó para este martes el análisis de la demanda que quiere echar para atrás la decisión del Gobierno de permitir la presencia de militares estadounidenses en siete bases militares nacionales.

elpais.com
Si no funciona la OEA, ¿a dónde más llevar nuestras denuncias contra Chávez?


El ex vice presidente Humberto de la Calle Lombana, en entrevista con María Isabel Rueda.


eltiempo.com
Nuevo Gobierno acelerará restablecimiento del comercio con Venezuela

El designado ministro de Hacienda Juan Carlos Echeverri anunció que el objetivo del Gobierno del electo presidente Juan Manuel Santos es restablecer lo más pronto posible la relación comercial con Venezuela.


elespectador.com
Where the FARC Goes to Fatten Up

Dramatic evidence presented by Colombia at last Thursday's OAS meeting in Washington puts Hugo Chávez on the hot seat.


online.wsj.com
Ocho años de Uribe

Álvaro Uribe pasará a la historia por haber enfrentado con decisión, disciplina, perseverancia e inteligencia el gigantesco desafío que las Farc le habían planteado, con prepotencia y cinismo, a la sociedad colombiana.


eltiempo.com
¿Qué hacer con la informalidad?

NECESITAMOS EN COLOMBIA MÁS Y mejores estudios que planteen diagnósticos y soluciones de políticas para reducir el desempleo y la informalidad.


elespectador.com
¿Qué celebramos?

Colombia cumplió dos siglos como república independiente. SEMANA hace una reflexión sobre el significado de esta histórica fecha, cuáles fueron las promesas de entonces y qué tanto se han cumplido.


semana.com
Ejército le pisa los talones al máximo dirigente de las Farc, dice comandante de la Quinta División

Según el general Juan Pablo Rodríguez, las últimas acciones de las Fuerzas Militares se están produciendo en el sur del Tolima y tienen como objetivo cercar a 'Alfonso Cano'.


eltiempo.com
En cinco meses, la producción industrial ha crecido 5,3%

Durante mayo, la producción real del sector fabril, sin incluir trilla de café, creció 7,5% con relación a igual mes de 2009, informó el Dane.


elespectador.com
Colombia pidió que sesión ante la OEA sea pública

El embajador de Colombia ante la OEA, Luis Alfonso Hoyos, indicó que Colombia pidió que la cita sea pública, para "no recibir ninguna clase de insultos", y agregó que Venezuela tendrá derecho a la réplica para "decir todo lo que quieran y todo el tiempo que deseen".


elcolombiano.com
ICV pide una reforma del Código Penal que persiga la financiación irregular de partidos políticos

Camats, portavoz ecosocialista en el Parlament, critica que la dirección de CiU "se vaya de vacaciones" sin explicar el informe de Hacienda.

lavanguardia.es
España acelera el crecimiento en el segundo trimestre

Según el banco central, la economía doméstica, que registró en el segundo trimestre de 2010 su crecimiento intertrimestral más alto desde el primer trimestre de 2008, creció un 0,2 por ciento, una décima por encima del trimestre anterior.

es.reuters.com
El Banco de España pide al Gobierno que prevea medidas fiscales pese al crecimiento del 0,2% del PIB en el segundo trimestre

La economía creció entre abril y junio pero el desplome en el inicio de 2009 mantiene el PIB interanual en el -0,2%


lavanguardia.es
Socialistas en su laberinto

Zapatero se desangra víctima de su propia política. Una política fundada en la táctica miope, pero ventajista, con la que pretendía enfrentarse a un desafío de carácter estructural.

lavanguardia.es
«Lo mejor que puede hacer Zapatero es convocar elecciones»

La número dos del PP considera que «ya no tiene proyecto social, ni económico, ni de país» y que «así no se puede seguir».

abc.es
El PP amplía su ventaja con el PSOE a 6,3 puntos, según el CIS

En el sondeo, efectuado tras el plan de ajuste aprobado por el Gobierno, el PP sube 1,7 puntos su estimación de voto respecto al barómetro anterior, efectuado en abril, mientras que el PSOE baja 3,1 puntos.


abc.es
Madrid se opone a prohibir las becerradas porque la fiesta del toro está "enraizada en la cultura de todos los españoles"

Francisco Granados, ha arremetido contra la "obsesión" de Zapatero de "prohibir absolutamente todo y de inculcar hábitos saludables"

lavanguardia.es
EE UU retira la acusación de racismo a la policía

Estados Unidos ya no advierte a sus ciudadanos afroamericanos sobre los "prejuicios racistas" de los que pueden ser víctimas si deciden viajar a España.

elpais.com
España, el segundo país menos interesado por la política en toda Europa

Un estudio de la Fundación BBVA muestra la desaprobación de los españoles hacia los políticos y los partidos.


abc.es
Los paros en los aeropuertos ponen en alerta al turismo

Los hoteleros y agencias advierten en contra de los efectos de la huelga en plena temporada.- Baleares y Canarias exigen servicios mínimos "de máximos".

elpais.com
La banca española lidera las emisiones de bonos en Europa

Diez días después de la publicación de las pruebas de tensión de la banca europea, el continente vive «una ola de actividad», según «Financial Times»

abc.es
Garzón, víctima

Garzón no ha sido un juez fácil y la condición de "estrella" le ha sido adjudicada por su querencia mediática y por la relevancia de los casos que ha instruido, que no sólo le han valido las antipatías de PSOE y PP, sino del Supremo, con el que ha mantenido no pocos contenciosos por razones jurídicas.


lavanguardia.es
Apuntes sobre Cataluña y España


El problema sigue estando en la resistencia del PP a reconocer la diversidad de España y en la obstinación de los sectores catalanes que magnifican las fricciones y minimizan los avances históricos conseguidos.

elpais.com
Los sindicatos ven conflictivas las enmiendas a la reforma

Las enmiendas presentadas por los distintos partidos políticos al decreto ley de reforma laboral aprobado por el Gobierno español sitúan a los trabajadores españoles entre los menos protegidos de Europa y provocarán mayor conflictividad, dijeron el martes los principales sindicatos españoles por afiliación.

es.reuters.com
Los militares se manifestarán en Madrid contra la ley de derechos y deberes

La Asociación Unificada de Militares Españoles (AUME), mayoritaria en el Ejército con 4.000 socios, ha convocado el 16 de octubre una "gran manifestación" en Madrid para exigir la retirada del proyecto de Ley orgánica de derechos y deberes, que regula el asociacionismo en las Fuerzas Armadas. Los organizadores de la marcha, la cuarta de este tipo, no han desvelado si acudirán a la protesta de civil o uniformados.


elpais.com
El cambio climático aumentará hasta 6ºC las temperaturas máximas en España

El informe, que ha sido presentado por la secretaria de Estado de Cambio Climático, Teresa Ribera, y el presidente de la Aemet, Ricardo García Herrera, indica que el incremento en la temperatura mínima será de entre 2 y 5 grados.

elmundo.es
Justicia facilitará los datos de los más de 300 asesinatos de ETA sin juzgar

El ministro de Justicia, Francisco Caamaño, ha garantizado a la presidenta de la Fundación de Víctimas del Terrorismo, Maite Pagazaurtundua, que "en un tiempo relativamente breve" les facilitará los datos relacionados con más de 300 asesinatos de ETA sin juzgar.

elmundo.es
El «Financial Times» receta a Alemania la transparencia de España en los tests

El «Financial Times» ha elogiado este martes en un editorial la transparencia española, en contraste con el secretismo de la banca alemana, que escondió datos de su exposición a la deuda soberana.


abc.es
Massacre sets off new fears in Mexico

Three days after 72 migrants were found dead on a ranch near the Texas border, a local prosecutor involved in the investigation was reported missing day and the office of a national television network in the region was damaged by an explosion, the authorities said.

nytimes.com
Lista Cámara de Diputados para debatir legalización de drogas

El titular de la Comisión de Salud dijo estar consciente de las fuertes repercusiones sociales que conlleva el tema.

excelsior.com.mx
Carlos Slim busca integrar sus activos en el mercado brasileño

El multimillonario mexicano tomó este jueves un paso importante para integrar las operaciones de su imperio de telecomunicaciones brasileño, mediante la oferta pública realizada por Embratel para comprar una empresa local de TV cable en U$$2.600M.


americaeconomia.com
Calderon delivers blunt view of drug cartels' sway in Mexico

He says the government will press its military-led battle against the cartels. But in the unusually bleak portrait he offers, he acknowledges the need to significantly alter the drug war strategy.

latimes.com
General Motors invertirá US$500M en su planta de producción en México

La millonaria inversión irá destinada a la producción de una nueva generación de motores y el desarrollo de una plataforma para la producción de un nuevo vehíuculo que se espera tenga una alta venta.

americaeconomia.com
Comunicaciones y Transportes ofrece certidumbre a sector aéreo

Afirma que mantendrá una política aeronáutica de piso parejo para todos los concesionarios de esta industria


excelsior.com.mx
México buscará compensación por derrame de crudo de BP

El gobierno está analizando la manera correcta de intentar recuperar los costos que México tuvo al hacer el seguimiento del derrame.

americaeconomia.com
Piden a Calderón revisar legalización de drogas

El presidente de México Unido Contra la Delincuencia, Eduardo Gallo, propone abrir a debate para legalizar algunas drogas.

eluniversal.com.mx
Anuncia Mexicana recorte de más de la mitad de personal y sueldos

El director general de la aerolínea, Manuel Borja señaló que la empresa reducirá de 216 mil 127 a 127 mil dólares al año el salario de pilotos y de 53 mil a 32 mil dólares los sueldos de sobrecargos.

excelsior.com.mx
La eterna lucha de México

Parece claro que el conservadurismo del mexicano es producto más de su experiencia que de sus anhelos: malas reformas y crisis que se convierten en un subconsciente colectivo que rechaza cualquier cambio, no porque el cambio sea necesariamente malo, sino porque muchos cambios han sido muy costosos y los que los llevan a la práctica peores.

americaeconomia.com
Rechaza Presidencia resolución del IFE sobre mensaje de Calderón

La apelación la encabezó la Consejería Jurídica de la Presidencia ante el IFE, que a su vez lo deberá turnar a la Sala Superior del TEPJF.

excelsior.com.mx
En el DF hay 8 mil 116 deportados por la ley Arizona: Ebrard

El jefe de Gobierno del Distrito Federal, Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon afirmó que ante la ola de xenofobia y violación a los derechos humanos en contra de los mexicanos en Arizona no podemos permanecer callados y menos inactivos, pues esta acción en los Estados Unidos es un asunto mayor no sólo para toda nuestra comunidad, sino también para nuestra civilización.

jornada.unam.mx
¿Qué vamos a hacer?

En efecto, algo grave, si no es que muy grave, está ocurriendo para que la integridad y la vida de los periodistas sea noticia, para que poderes fácticos como el crimen y el narcotráfico intenten someter a los medios, sea mediante la violencia, el dinero, el miedo o la amenaza de muerte a sus periodistas.

eluniversal.com.mx
Apoya Fox lucha contra crimen organizado de Calderón

El ex mandatario ofreció al gobierno federal capacitación para los agentes de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública en el Centro Fox.

excelsior.com.mx
Mexico police: Inmates were freed long enough to carry out revenge killings

Prison guards loaned their own weapons to the killers, who went on to slay 17 at a birthday party in Coahuila state, authorities say. Inmates from the same prison are suspected in other attacks.

latimes.com
Crecen desalentados "sin oficio ni beneficio"

Se requieren 955 mil plazas para restaurar la tasa laboral: OCDE. Aumenta población que no estudia, ni trabaja, ni busca empleo.

eluniversal.com.mx
Arranca campaña López Obrador de cara al 2012

Adelantó que de llegar al poder, rescatará las instituciones para ponerlas a disposición del pueblo y la nación; buscará que los ministros de la Corte sean democráticamente electos.

excelsior.com.mx
Mexican president ousts interior minister

The Cabinet reshuffle appears motivated more by politics than the worsening security problems caused by the drug war. The head of the Office of the President is also replaced.

latimes.com
Migrantes, a su suerte

Ya que las autoridades mexicanas no tuvieron un plan preventivo para evitar la situación en Arizona, cuando menos podrían lanzar una estrategia de respuesta.

eluniversal.com.mx
Hurricane Alex pounds northern Mexico

The storm sends rivers overflowing and cuts power to thousands of homes in the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon.

latimes.com
Calderon calls on Mexicans to unite against criminal gangs

After the slaying of a gubernatorial candidate, Mexico's president urges citizens to fight 'a common enemy that today threatens to destroy not only our tranquility but our democratic institutions.'

latimes.com
Las propuestas económicas de los principales candidatos presidenciales de Brasil

Las elecciones de octubre de este año parecen presentar un menor riesgo para los inversionistas que en cualquier transición previa en, al menos, 25 años.

americaeconomia.com
Montadoras elevam meta de exportações para US$12,4 bi

As montadoras de veículos no Brasil elevaram nesta quinta-feira a previsão de exportações em 2010, incluindo máquinas agrícolas, de 9,2 bilhões de dólares para 12,4 bilhões de dólares, após o desempenho forte verificado nos primeiros sete meses do ano.

br.reuters.com
Vendas de imóveis residenciais novos recuam 46% em São Paulo

As vendas de imóveis residenciais novos na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo (Capital mais 38 cidades) caíram 46,3% em maio na comparação com o mês anterior, segundo dados do Secovi - SP (Sindicato da Habitação de São Paulo).


folha.uol.com.br
Investimentos estrangeiros garantiram fluxo cambial positivo em julho

A entrada de dólares no Brasil superou a saída em US$ 712 milhões no mês de julho, de acordo com dados divulgados hoje pelo Banco Central. O resultado positivo reverte a saída de US$ 4,3 bilhões registrada em junho, a maior desde a crise de 2008.

folha.uol.com.br
Empreiteira é suspeita de fraudes que deram prejuízo de R$ 3,6 milhões

A Delta Construções, empresa privada que mais recebeu recursos do Tesouro no segundo governo do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, deu prejuízo de pelo menos R$ 3,6 milhões em apenas três contratos com o Dnit (Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura em Transportes). É o que aponta um relatório da CGU (Controladoria-geral da União).

folha.uol.com.br
Ministério do Ambiente vai apresentar Código Florestal alternativo

A ministra do Meio Ambiente, Izabella Teixeira, disse nesta quinta-feira (5) em São Paulo que a discussão sobre o Código Florestal é "extemporânea" e que vai fazer uma nova proposta de reforma na lei.


folha.uol.com.br
Lanterninha, Serra se diz preocupado com arrecadação de campanha

O candidato à Presidência da República pelo PSDB, José Serra, disse estar preocupado com fato de ter tido a menor arrecadação entre os três principais presidenciáveis.

br.reuters.com
Produção industrial cai 1% em junho, aponta IBGE

De acordo com o levantamento, em relação a junho do ano passado, houve expansão de 11,1%, a menor marca desde os 5,3% assinalados em novembro do ano passado. Com isso, o acumulado no ano,16,2%, ficou abaixo do registrado nos últimos meses. Nos últimos 12 meses, o acumulado ficou em 6,5%, acentuando o ritmo de crescimento em relação a maio (4,5%).

atribuna.com.br
Lula reafirma em reunião do Mercosul diálogo com o Irã

Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voltou a defender nesta terça-feira, durante a reunião de cúpula do Mercosul, um diálogo com o Irã, e, mais uma vez, manifestou ser contrário à imposição de sanções à República Islâmica por seu programa nuclear.


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Presidente do TSE vota contra decisão que verticaliza propaganda de TV

O presidente do TSE (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral), Ricardo Lewandowski, voltou atrás e liberou a participação de candidatos à Presidência em programas de rádio e TV de candidatos a governador e senador, mesmo nos casos em que os partidos estejam coligados regionalmente, mas são rivais em nível nacional.

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Mudanças no setor de telecomunicações debilitam TIM e GVT, dizem analistas

As mudanças de posições anunciadas na semana passada na Oi e na Vivo criaram amplas perspectivas de convergência entre redes de telecomunicações no Brasil, mas debilitaram a TIM Participações e a GVT, que acabaram, por ora, sem uma opção clara de oferta de serviços integrados.

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Mercosul, Unasul e Farc

A Unasul só pode dar certo se essa retórica do Mercosul for levada à prática em todo o subcontinente, o que exige tratar as Farc como são, em vez de fazer conta de que ou não existem ou são problema interno da Colômbia.


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Serra diz que País não pode ser governado para os partidos

José Serra, criticou a política econômica do governo Lula, afirmou que o País vive uma desindustrialização com ameaças de voltar a ser agroexportador e voltou a atacar o que ele chama de "patrimonialismo sindical", oriundo, segundo ele, do PT.

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Juro dos empréstimos ao consumidor é o menor desde 1994, diz BC

A migração de clientes de linhas de crédito mais caras para financiamentos mais baratos reduziu a taxa de juros paga pelas pessoas físicas em junho para o menor patamar desde 1994.

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Lula sanciona lei que criminaliza violência nos estádios

O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sancionou nesta terça-feira, em cerimônia fechada no Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, em Brasília, a lei que modifica o Estatuto do Torcedor e criminaliza a violência nos estádios brasileiros.


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Índice do custo da construção desacelera em julho, diz FGV

O Índice Nacional de Custo da Construção – M (INCC-M) teve variação de 0,62% em julho, segundo informou nesta terça-feira  a Fundação Getulio Vargas. No mês anterior, a taxa registrada havia sido de 1,77%.

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Marina mostra programa de governo e diz que é "processo aberto"

A candidata do PV à Presidência, Marina Silva, divulgou nesta terça-feira seu programa de governo ampliado e disse que ele é um processo "aberto".

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Alimentos caem menos e inflação em SP acelera

A inflação ao consumidor em São Paulo acelerou no fim do mês, em razão da menor queda dos custos de alimentos e de maiores altas de transportes e saúde.


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