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FBI Most Wanted caught in Nicaragua: What draws US pedophiles to the region?
Stigmatized in the US, some registered sex offenders like Eric Toth decide to move abroad to start fresh in a foreign country – and Central America is becoming a popular spot.
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Loco for cocoa: Artisanal chocolate looks to Mesoamerican roots in Nicaragua
Artisanal chocolate is taking off, with many small chocolatiers taking production back to the basics.
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Latin America Monitor Viva Assange! Latin American groups rally around Ecuador's asylum decision. (+video)
Latin American groups say that Ecuador's decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a matter of sovereignty.
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Nicaragua's Olympic hero returns to the Summer Games – as a Nicaraguan
Michele Richardson swam for the US in the '84 Olympics after the Sandinistas wouldn't let her represent her native country. Nearly 30 years later she'll lead Nicaraguan athletes at the opening ceremony.
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Latin America Monitor Nicaragua zoo starts lion sponsorship program
The Nicaraguan government has blocked zoo funding in the past, so the national zoo is seeking a benefactor for its new African lion. A successful breeding would be a first for Central America.
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Family asks UN to help free former Peace Corps volunteer jailed in Nicaragua
Of the 725 US citizens in jail abroad, more than half are behind bars in Latin America. Jason Puracal was imprisoned in November 2010, and his family says the US hasn't done enough in his case.
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Latin America Monitor Exporting Nicaragua's citizen security model
Nicaragua could be a citizen security model for other Central American countries to imitate, but some elements are harder to transfer than others, writes guest blogger Hannah Stone.
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US foes unite: Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega cozies up to Iran's Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran will be the guest of honor at the inauguration of Nicaragua's newly-reelected president, Daniel Ortega.
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Activists rush to defend Mexico's Twitter 'terrorists'
Mexico's Twitter 'terrorists,' two citizens who made mistaken online posts about school shootings, could face 30 years in prison. A boon for organized crime?
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Haitian anger flares over alleged UN attack
A preliminary investigation into an alleged UN attack shows no evidence of rape by Uruguay peacekeepers, but the accusation has gripped Haiti and is another blow to the UN mission.
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Monterrey casino tragedy worsened by lax safety regulations
The Casino Royale fire in Mexico may have been sparked by organized crime, but if proper safety regulations had been in place, the tragedy could have been minimized.
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Three reasons Qaddafi won't seek exile in the Americas
Both Nicaragua's President Ortega and Venezuela's Hugo Chávez have issued encouraging statements to Qaddafi. But logistics and politics could keep him out of the Western Hemisphere.
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Argentina opposition platforms don't differ markedly from that of current administration
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is now the clear front-runner in October's presidential election. Here is what she and Argentina opposition candidates are offering.
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What a comparison of Chavez's and Calderon's wars on crime can teach
The leaders of Venezuela and Mexico have been fighting crime in similar ways. But differences in political agendas, cooperation with the US, and high-level corruption raise interesting questions.
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High court boots Sandra Torres out of Guatelmala's presidential race
The former first lady divorced President Alvaro Colom to sidestep Guatemala's ban on presidential dynasties. But a ruling from the country's highest court still determined her ineligible.
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'Anonymous' joins student protesters in Chile
National sites were recently hacked by the group Anonymous. The online addition to street protests is likely to become the norm in Latin America.
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Knights Templar: In Mexico, like Norway, criminals look to past for legitimacy
The attacker in Norway and a Mexican drug ring both invoke the ancient Knights Templar to describe themselves. Why do violent ideologues and criminals search the past for inspiration?
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Top US diplomat to Latin America departs with no replacement in sight
Arturo Valenzuela's return to academia, which had been announced in May, leaves the US without much needed diplomatic leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Crime, drug news shouldn't overshadow Latin America's growing economy
Guest blogger James Bosworth says that despite the media's focus on violence in Latin America – which certainly can't be ignored – the region offers friendly faces and strong investments.
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Hezbollah in Latin America: prioritizing the threat
The Congressional subcommittee hearing Thursday on Hezbollah's presence in Latin America distracts from other, bigger regional threats, warns guest blogger James Bosworth.
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Hugo Chavez's brother sounds ominous note about military force
As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's health remains uncertain, his brother suggests that Chavez's party could plot a military coup to retain its hold on the country.
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Nicaragua quake survivors get new homes - 40 years after disaster
The Nicaraguan government has completed permanent housing for 103 families who have been squatting in the ruins of four abandoned high-rises in Managua since the 1972 earthquake.
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An early warning system for Latin American coups?
The Organization of American States proposes setting up an alert mechanism to avert future coups in the region, but the idea is fraught with challenges.
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Five points on the victory of Ollanta Humala in Peru
Mr. Humala narrowly defeated Keiko Fujimori in Sunday's presidential race. Both candidates were dogged by their pasts, but here are five factors that could influence his future administration.
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Peru election highlights decline of Latin America's hard-core left
The rebranding of left-leaning populist Ollanta Humala ahead of today's Peru election shows the wide spectrum of leftism in today's Latin America and how the most radical fold has started to wane.
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