Australia To Send $100M To Latin America

Australia To Send $100M To Latin America

Mary Mata December 20, 2010

The Australian government has pledged $100 million dollars to combat poverty with microfinance and agriculture over the next four years. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd was quoted as saying, “Stronger cooperation with Latin […]

Yale To Perú: Um, Here’s Your Stuff Back

Mary Mata December 17, 2010

Yale University finally did the right thing and returned artifacts originally taken from Machu Picchu in Perú in the early 1900s by Hiram Bingham III. Yale tried to the Peruvian […]

Chilean Miners Time Person Of Year Runners-Up

Mary Mata December 16, 2010

The 33 Chilean miners who lived 69 days underground before they were rescued came in as runners-up in Time’s annual Person Of The Year award. Facebook creator and CEO Mark […]

Fujimori’s Daughter Runs For President In Perú

Mary Mata

An interesting story out of Perú. The daughter of Former President and currently imprisoned Alberto Fujimori has formed her own political party to run for president and is currently in […]

Latin American Support For Palestine Grows

Mary Mata December 10, 2010

I think a good modern name for this would be “Monroe Doctrine FAIL!” The United States has been woefully ignoring Mexico, Central and South American politics since at least September […]

Good News About Latinos From Chile

Mary Mata October 14, 2010

The crazy tragedy-turned-heartwarming-story about the 33 trapped Chilean miners captured the world’s attention.  It was the perfect story, with elements of hope, tragedy, peril, love, strife, human suffering and the […]