Archive for the ‘Americas’ Category
Crews are busy dumping gravel and pouring concrete to build the new corporate facility of the Nissan North America in Franklin which is about 20 miles south of downtown Nashville. Tall elevator towers and busy men at work would tell anyone that construction is in progress. The ...
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Another girl has been axed on the reality show Americas Next Top Model cycle 8 and she comes in the form of Cassandra Watson. In an exclusive interview with BuddyTV, she expressed her sentiments regarding her Top Model experience.Although she previously worked with an agency called Seattle ...
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As the sub-prime mortgage crisis continues to unfold, new figures emerge from the Mortgage Banker's Association: A record .83% of loans entered foreclosure status over the last quarter of 2007. In addition, the delinquency rate was 5.82%. That means that, in three months, one out of one hundred homeowners have ...
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Sub-prime Fallout: Why Such a Big Deal?
The recent sub-prime crisis is unlike any faced by the financial system before in one dubious distinction: Its effects are exacerbated by globalization to an unprecedented degree. Recent developments help illustrate exactly how this credit crunch can be differentiated from others, such as the ...
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The Vancouver Island Conference Center in downtown Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, is an exciting new venue for meetings, seminars, conferences, exhibitions, receptions, and other events. Currently nearing completion, the New Nanaimo Centre is scheduled to open in early 2008 with 38,000 square feet available in a variety of modules, from ...
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As Election Day approaches, one of the most publicized presidential races of the past several decades has captivated the minds of people around the world and set records for participation in the US democratic primary system. As the first woman to run as a mainstream candidate for president, New York ...
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By VOA News 04 August 2006Tropical Storm Chris has weakened to a tropical depression as it cuts a path across the Caribbean.The U.S. National Hurricane Center downgraded Chris on Friday as it traversed the eastern Caribbean with wind speeds of 56 kilometers per hour. It is moving west towards the ...
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By David Gollust Washington04 August 2006Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a broadcast message Friday, assured Cubans of U.S. support in what could be the beginning of a political transition on the communist-ruled island. She reiterated U.S. readiness to provide humanitarian aid to back peaceful democratic change there.The Secretary's message ...
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By VOA News 07 July 2006Venezuela's vice president has defended North Korea's nuclear missile tests, saying he sees a double standard in the West's condemnation of the move. Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel told reporters Thursday that North Korea is exercising the right of any country to conduct such tests.Venezuelan ...
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By Lonny Shavelson Richmond, California07 July 2006In an unprecedented international collaboration, California crime scientists are analyzing DNA from hundreds of families in El Salvador who are searching for their children, lost during the civil war that tormented that country for more than a decade. The violence took 75,000 lives and, ...
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By Greg Flakus Mexico City07 July 2006The official final vote count in Mexico's presidential election showed ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon winning by only 236,000 votes. His main rival is threatening to challenge the outcome, and, even if that effort fails, the apparent president-elect faces animosity from the almost two-thirds ...
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By VOA News 08 July 2006The White House says President Bush made a congratulatory call Friday to Felipe Calderon, and told the apparent victor in Mexico's presidential race he looks forward to working with him on key issues.Spokesman Tony Snow said Mr. Bush also called Mexican President Vicente Fox to ...
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By VOA News 06 July 2006President Bush will spend part of his 60th birthday Thursday holding talks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the White House.This is Mr. Harper's first official visit to Washington since his Conservative party won parliamentary elections in January. The two leaders are expected to ...
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By Jill Replogle Guatemala City08 July 2006A Spanish judge Friday issued an international arrest order for two former Guatemalan military dictators, Efrain Rios Montt and Oscar Humberto Mejia Victores, along with five others accused of genocide during Guatemala's civil war.The arrest orders came nearly a week after Spanish National Court ...
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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles08 July 2006Officials of a leading U.S. Hispanic organization say the mass demonstrations for immigrant rights held earlier this year are giving way to an effort to mobilize the vote among Hispanics. Officials of the National Council of La Raza will open a four-day meeting Saturday ...
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By VOA News 09 July 2006Colombian officials say Bogota and Washington have resolved differences on the wording of a free trade deal reached earlier this year.Colombian Trade Minister Jorge Botero said Friday negotiators had resolved all remaining concerns related to sugar, chicken and other farm products.Botero said the free trade ...
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By Greg Flakus Mexico City09 July 2006The man who ran a tight second place in the official count from last Sunday's presidential election in Mexico drew more than 100,000 people to Mexico City's main plaza, known as the Zocalo, Saturday to protest what he claims was a fraudulent process. Leftist ...
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By Greg Flakus Mexico City10 July 2006Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute says Felipe Calderon of the ruling National Action Party narrowly won the presidential election held a week ago. It says Mr. Calderon won with 35.88 percent of the vote. His closest rival, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, received 35.31 percent. It ...
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By David Gollust Washington10 July 2006President Bush Monday approved an $80 million program, aimed at fostering democratic change in Cuba. The U.S. administration is also pledging extensive support for any Cuban government succeeding Fidel Castro's communist regime that promises free elections and an end to repression. The president's approval of ...
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Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is challenging the results of last week's election. He filed a petition following the very narrow, but apparent victory of his conservative opponent, Felipe Calderon. VOA's Catherine Maddux examines how the disputed poll is likely to affect relations with Mexico's most important neighbor, ...
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By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles11 July 2006Hispanic activists meeting in Los Angeles hope to see immigration reform in the United States, but say reform efforts seem to be stalled in Congress. The members of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic civil rights and advocacy group, say coalition-building may ...
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By Peter Heinlein United Nations11 July 2006World Population Day this year is focusing on the millions of young people threatened by illiteracy, poverty, the risks of pregnancy and childbirth and HIV/AIDS. A growing number young people are demanding action to narrow the opportunity gap.The United Nations is using World Population ...
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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami11 July 2006Many people in Miami's Cuban community are praising Washington's continued efforts to promote democracy in Cuba. This comes after President Bush's Monday approval of a new, multi-million-dollar program to support freedom and democracy in Cuba, after decades of Communist rule.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced ...
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By VOA News 11 July 2006Bolivia's elections court has confirmed that President Evo Morales' party won more than half the seats in the nation's constituent assembly election last week. The official count released Tuesday shows that Mr. Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party won 137 of the assembly's 255 seats.That ...
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By Blessing Zulu Washington11 July 2006President Robert Mugabe is looking to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to provide low-cost oil to relieve one aspect of Zimbabwe's severe economic crisis, banking on their shared disaffection with the United States and other Western powers.Deputy Director of Industry and Trade Loice Magade confirmed that ...
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