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"Ataque de Panico" - YouTube Video Leads to $30 million Contract

A short video that was posted on YouTube gained increadible recognition and earned its creater Fede Alvarez a $30 million Hollywood contract to produce a new Science Fiction movie.  The short film is under 5...

Uruguay Allows Same-Sex Adoption, First in Latin America

Same-sex couples in Uruguay will be able to adopt children as the bill was approved by the country's senate. This change means that Uruguay has become the first country in Latin America that allows same-sex couples to adopt children. For a long time, Uruguay has held a...

Uruguayan Writer Mario Benedetti Dies At 88

Famous Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti passed away from liver failure at the age of 88 on Sunday. Benedetti was know as one of Latin America’s most influential writers, having had authored numerous novels, poems, short stories and plays, among them “The Truce”, “Left...

Fork Required: Celebrate National Gnocchi Day in Your Home

John Travolta may have said it best in the movie, Pulp Fiction, “It’s the little differences…” One of the things that makes travel enlightening (whether it’s a trip from Charleston, SC to Asheville,...

China handles control of Satellite to Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela, 10 January 2009. In an official ceremony at "El Sombrero" - Guarico state -, Chinese officials handled the full control of Simon Bolivar satelite to Venezuelan officials. The...

Brazilian Deputies approved Venezuelan Mercosur entry

Despite the massive approval of the Venezuelan entry at the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, conservatives at the senate led by José Agripino Maia and Sergio Guerra have promised to block the approving...

Uruguay head vetoes abortion bill

Despite polls that suggested a majority of Uruguayans favoured easing their country's restrictions on abortion, President Tabare Vazquez vetoed a bill to decriminalise it in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Just few days ago, the Abortion Bill was approved...

Senate 'ends' Uruguay abortion ban

Abortion is now in the political agenda of Uruguay. As Congress approved - by a small margin- a bill to decriminalise it in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, President Tabare Vazquez has the last word. Some believe Vazquez might veto the new bill after receiving...

Jewel in the Crown of Southwest France? Domaine du Moulie Madiran

Jewel in the Crown of Southwest France Appellations is what Wine Online Ireland calls the Domaine du Moulie Madiran 2003. I bought the 2004 Vintage?Where is Madiran you might ask?Nearby Armagnac in the Gers.The grape is Tannat which has now become popular in Uruguay.It is...

Brazil gets nuke submarine through French connection

Brazilian longings for a nuclear sub has gone for decades. Now and with the assistance of France, it would be able to make such project true. Brasilia expects to sign a military...

Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay and Argentina: threatened by one and the same enemy

"  by Guillermo Almeyra. Things have reached boiling point in Bolivia, where right-wingers emboldened and encouraged by Washington have set out on an upsurge in violence likely to culminate in civil war....

Venezuelan defendants in suitcase scandal suspected of paying kickbacks

" Franklin Durán and Carlos Kauffman, the two Venezuelans accused in the US of conspiring to act as cover agents of Venezuela in the so-called "suitcase scandal," allegedly paid bribes to officials and military...

Red Bull - can it lead to heart trouble?

A study claims Red Bull can increase the risk of heart damage.  University students in Australia participated in a study, which showed they had the same cardiovascular profile as someone with heart...

Paraguay: Ex Bishop Fernando Lugo takes office as President

Churuguara, Edo.Falcon,Venezuela, 15 August 2008. This morning, Ex Bishop Fernando Lugo took office as the new President of Paraguay. Left leaning Lugo was elected President - for a fve year term- on 20 April 2008...

Venezuelans Optimistic and 54% Approve of Chávez

Amid the tacit campaign for the coming local election in November, the popularity of Venezuelan President continues to occupy a place in high preferences. However, such position did not prevent the failure to pass...

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