Activists across the world are praising the passing of a new gender identity law in Argentina that recognizes, fully, the identity of transgender citizens in the country. It was an historic vote, 55-0, with one abstention, and could pave the way for other countries’ governments to end discrimination against transgender and gender ambiguous individuals. The [...]
Brazil’s government is hopeful that a new series of economic measures launched on Tuesday will help spur growth and boost competitiveness of its industrial sector. The country’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega said the fiscal benefits, soft loans and trade defense mechanism will help push the country forward. The plan will cost Brasilia some $5.46 billion [...]
NEW DELHI: Promoting India as an incredible tourism destination is India’s ‘goal’ at the 2014 World Cup scheduled to be held in Brazil. According to India’s tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai a promotional media blitzkerg showcasing brand ‘Incredible India’, will be splashed all over the South American landscape. Sahai, said the government was looking at [...]
CAIRO: The United Nations human rights office today urged the Government of Chile to pass a law against discrimination, including on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, following the recent killing of a young gay man in the capital, Santiago. “We also urge Chile to enact hate crime legislation that establishes hatred based on [...]
Buenos Aires (dpa) – The remote Islas Malvinas, known to Britain as the Falklands, are a national cause among Argentines, an embodiment of their identity and their sovereignty passed on from generation to generation almost since the country was founded. And yet, Argentines know that what may have been – and indeed may remain – [...]
Manaus, Brazil (dpa) – The neighborhood of Zumbi dos Palmares II lies in the east of the Amazonian metropolis of Manaus. It used to be one of the poorest and most violent areas of this city of 1.8 million people, and it remains a social hotspot to this day. Zumbi dos Palmares II is the [...]
Buenos Aires (dpa) – Plaza San Martin in the center of Buenos Aires holds a special place in the hearts of many Argentinians. In 1807 it was the location of a victory over the British who were attempting to seize control of the city. Today it’s a home to the city’s poor and their pet [...]
Bogota (dpa) – Thirty-two leftist rebels were killed Monday in a joint military and police raid in central Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos said. Santos noted that a further four members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were arrested in the raid, which took place near the town of Vistahermosa, in the province [...]
Rome (dpa) – Gay rights activists in Italy welcomed Monday the decision to issue a residence permit to a Uruguayan man whose application was initially rejected because his same-sex marriage to an Italian is not recognized by the country’s laws. A court in Reggio Emilia, last month ruled that authorities had violated European Union norms [...]
In his book about the modern legal tradition, “The Gift of Science”, American philosopher Roger Berkowitz, offers us a glimpse – somewhat academic but not without a spirit of its own – into the failure of science – or of rationality, to be more precise – to bring about a rebirth of law and justice [...]
Sydney (dpa) – Australia on Wednesday promised to investigate the death of a Brazilian student on a Sydney street after police used a Taser gun to subdue him. Police said 21-year-old Roberto Laudisio Curti was resisting arrest early Sunday when they used the Taser and capsicum spray. Security video footage showed up to six police [...]
Montevideo (dpa) – Two male nurses in Uruguay were charged with involvement in at least 50 suspicious deaths in separate hospitals in the capital, Montevideo, a news report said. Police said they suspected the men acted independently and could have killed as many as 200 people, El Pais newspaper reported online late Sunday. The suspects, [...]
A source at the Egyptian ministry of interior said on Monday that the two Brazilian tourists who were kidnapped the previous day, along with tour guide, have been released. The guide and the two women were released only after hours from their seizing, unharmed. A security official told Bikyamasr.com Sunday, on the condition of anonymity, [...]
Brussels (dpa) – European Union governments said Friday they were ready to sign a free trade agreement with Colombia and Peru that could be worth up to 500 million euros (658.5 million dollars) a year in scrapped duties. “This is considerable,” EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gught told reporters in Brussels. He spoke after the [...]
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – Ricardo Teixeira on Monday announced his resignation as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and the organizing committee of the 2014 World Cup, which is to be held in Brazil. The 64-year-old businessman and former son-in-law of ex-FIFA boss Joao Havelange had led the CBF for 23 years. Rumours [...]
Mexico City/Bogota (dpa) – Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, turned 85 Tuesday. Garcia Marquez, affectionately known as Gabo, celebrated his birthday early, on Sunday, with a cake decorated with yellow butterflies at the Mexico City home of his friend Jose Luis Cortes. His friend Alvaro [...]
Madrid (dpa) – Brazil playmaker Kaka has got back his trademark smile, and Real Madrid fans are again taking seriously the hope to see him perform as the world-class player he once was at AC Milan. Will it be true that “the real Kaka” is now back? The Brazilian played fantastic football Sunday, in the [...]
Daniel Zamudio, 24, was assaulted by a Neo-Nazi group in Santiago de Chile. Zamudio was found in the early morning on Saturday, severely injured, around Parque San Borja, in downtown Santiago. He remains in critical condition at Posta Central hospital and under a medically induced coma after he was severely beaten, bearing serious lesions in [...]
Quito (dpa) – Quito nestles in the Andes in north-central Ecuador and is the highest capital city on earth. Not surprisingly due to its altitude and location, the most difficult part of any visit to Quito is actually getting there. The city’s Mariscal Sucre International airport is located in the middle of Quito and surrounded [...]
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