Calif. searchers seek survivors after midair crash
SAN DIEGO - The nighttime collision of a Coast Guard aircraft on a rescue mission and a Marine helicopter left nine people feared dead at sea Friday as investigators tried to solve the mystery of how the aircrews failed to see each other in a heavily used military training area.
Nations:U.S. Ecuador Mexico Source:(AP)
2009-10-30
FBI tracks down Texas financier in fraud case
WASHINGTON - Texas financier R. Allen Stanford was tracked down Thursday in Virginia, where FBI agents served him with legal papers in a multibillion-dollar fraud case.
Nations:Venezuela Ecuador Colombia Mexico Switzerland People:Nancy Pelosi Activities:Allen Stanford Fraud Case Source:(AP)
2009-02-20
Stanford probe widens, Venezuela seizes bank
CARACAS/ST.JOHN'S (Reuters) - U.S., Latin American and European investigators widened probes on Thursday into the far-flung financial empire of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, accused of "massive fraud," and Venezuela seized one of his banks.
Nations:Venezuela Mexico Ecuador Colombia People:Vijay Singh Hugo Chavez Activities:Allen Stanford Fraud Case Source:(Reuters)
2009-02-19
2 students killed in Oregon nightclub shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. - A gunman opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub in Portland, killing two girls and wounded several other people in an apparently random act, police said.
Nations:U.S. Ecuador Source:(AP)
2009-01-26
OPEC ends Cairo meeting without new output cuts
CAIRO, Egypt - OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments' national budgets.
Nations:Algeria Saudi Arabia Ecuador Kuwait Nigeria Venezuela Activities:2008 Global Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-29
Chavez loses constitutional vote
Humbled by his first electoral defeat ever, President Hugo Chavez said Monday he may have been too ambitious in asking voters to let him stand indefinitely for re-election and endorse a huge leap to a socialist state.
Nations:Singapore Venezuela Bolivia Ecuador Nicaragua People:Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez
2007-12-03
At least 450 killed in big Peru quake
The death toll rose to 450 on Thursday in the magnitude-8 earthquake that devastated cities of adobe and brick in Peru's southern desert. Survivors wearing blankets walked like ghosts through the ruins.
Nations:Ecuador Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-16
At least 337 die in strong Peru quake
The death toll from a powerful earthquake rose to at least 337 Thursday, a day after the magnitude-7.9 temblor shook Peru's coast, toppled buildings and shattered roads, officials said.
Nations:Ecuador Colombia Mexico Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-16
Strong quake kills at least 17 in Peru
A powerful earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital on Wednesday, reportedly killing at least 17 people as it toppled buildings and caused many residents to flee homes. Authorities said the quake had generated a small tsunami but it wasn't destructive.
Nations:Colombia Ecuador Costa Rica Mexico People:Alvaro Uribe Activities:2007 Peru Earthquake
2007-08-16
Bush opens 6-day Latin America tour
President Bush sought to reverse an impression of U.S. neglect as he opened a six-day tour of Latin America on Thursday. Street protests awaited him.
Nations:Colombia Brazil Uruguay Argentina Guatemala Bolivia People:Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez
2007-03-08
Iran and Venezuela plan anti-U.S. fund
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- fiery anti-American leaders whose moves to extend their influence have alarmed Washington -- said Saturday they would help finance investment projects in other countries seeking to thwart U.S. domination.
Nations:Venezuela Iran Ecuador Nicaragua People:Daniel Ortega John Negroponte Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Activities:Iran-Venezuela Iran-U.S. Iran Nuclear Crisis
2007-01-13
Venezuela, Guatemala quit U.N. race
A diplomatic proxy battle between the Bush administration and Venezuela's anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez neared an end, with Panama chosen as the consensus candidate for a Latin American seat on the U.N. Security Council.
Nations:Venezuela Guatemala U.S. Ecuador Dominican Republic People:Hugo Chavez
2006-11-02
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