Tag Archives : Ecuador

Sixty million Latin Americans use the social network Facebook, which represents 17% of 500 million worldwide users of this service, reports a survey released in the U.S. on Monday (19). According to the study of SMLatam, Mexicans lead the list with 12.5 million users, followed by Argentina and Colombia, with 10 and 9.7 million respectively. In classification, [...]

Latin America is rich in oil. It has 132 billion barrels of ‘proven’ reserves. The US sources much of its oil supplies from the region. ‘Venezuela, Brazil, Mexico, and Ecuador have significant reserves and strong state involvement in the exploration and production of oil through their nationalized companies Petróleos de Venezuela (PdVSA), Petrobras, [...]

Colombian police intercepts marijuana with taste of chocolate on the border with Ecuador. Marijuana with flavors of chocolate, strawberry, kiwi, peach and apple was seized today by the Colombian police in a parcel sent from the city of Carthage (southwest) to a border town with Ecuador, official sources reported today. In a control inspection conducted [...]

Mexican Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa criticized the unfounded discrimination experienced by some Mexican citizens in other countries due to the fear of infection from the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly known as swine flu. At a press conference, the secretary said that she was surprised with the decision of ‘brother’ countries such as [...]