Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to temporarily govern from a Bedouin tent to allow victims of recent floods to take temporary shelter in his office.
More than 100,000 people have been made homeless and 30 killed by the worst rains to hit the South American state in over a decade. Landslides have swept away houses in slums built on hillsides in the capital, Caracas.
The latest concert film featuring pop star Beyonce’s will be released on DVD this month, Music World/Columbia Records said Monday. The concert film – Beyonce: I Am….World Tour — will be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart Nov. 26, with a deluxe DVD/CD edition made available at most retail outlets Nov. 30. The DVD /CD combo will [...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered his government to take over the U.S.-based bottle-glass-maker Owens-Illinois’ unit in the South American country. In a televised speech on October 25, Chavez criticized the company’s practices, saying it had been taking money from Venezuelans, destroying the environment and exploiting Venezuelan people.
Russia and Venezuela signed on Friday an agreement on the construction of a nuclear power station in the South American country The agreement, signed during Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s visit to Moscow, was reached in April 2010 during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to Caracas.
Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstong will make his Broadway debut as part of the cast of American Idiot, the smash rock opera inspired by the band’s 2004 album of the same name, The New York Times ArtsBeat Blog is reporting.Billie Joe will temporarily replace actor Tony Vincent, who’s on leave from the show [...]
The recent World Cup made pretty clear that, overall, South America easily has the most beautiful women in the world. Sure, you can find 10s on any continent (there’s probably even a hot scientist or two on Antarctica) but average is a hell of a lot hotter in South America than in the rest of [...]
Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić will be in Argentina today, as part of his six-day tour of several South American countries. DaÄić will meet with his counterpart Hannibal Florencio Randazzo and Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights Julio Alak.
Sarah Palin and many others claim that the BP Gulf oil disaster happened because environmentalists have prevented drilling in shallower waters and safer locations.In other words, they claim that oil producers were forced into deeper, more dangerous con…
Noble Group (SGX: N21), the global supply chain manager of agricultural, energy, metals and other natural resources, says of its new Oilseed Processing Complex in Argentina has turned operational.
The complex, built adjacent to the TimbuÌes Port Grain Terminal, also establishes Noble’s first South American oilseed processing facility and expands the group’s capabilities.
Modern Family is one of the best new sitcoms to come around in a long time and it’s largely because the creators got the humor/eye candy quotient exactly right. It’s funny and there’s plenty to look at for the guys. Plus I like to pretend that Ed O’Neal is actually still playing Al Bundy, only [...]
A private Guns N’ Roses concert in Brazil erupted in rioting last week after frontman Axl Rose and his fellow rockers pulled out of the A-list event at the last minute.
The “Welcome to the Jungle” stars were set to perform at an exclusive Sao Paulo club event hosted by supermodel Ana Beatriz Barros last Friday [...]
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Hawaiians are bracing for disaster, but hoping for the best after receiving news that a quake-triggered tsunami could come ashore at any moment.
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A deadly 8.8 magnitude tremblor– described as 900x more intense [...]
A devastating 8.8 earthquake rattled Chile just after 3 AM on Saturday — and Season 5 American Idol finalist Elliott Yamin had a Tweeting front seat for the year’s latest natural disaster. A discouraged Yamin has just returned to his hotel after participating in a disappointing singing competition in Vina Del Mar, when the quake [...]
It’s Carl’s Jr. all over again!
Is Hilton too hot for Brazil? A Brazilian beer ad featuring American socialite Paris Hilton is raising the ire of South American officials, who want the commercial banned for its sexually suggestive overtones, reports said Thursday.
The controversial spot is for national beer brand Devassa, and shows Hilton prance around a [...]
Shots fired! A Beyonce concert in Brazil was rocked by gunfire last week.
Beyonce had been on tour in the South American nation for nearly two weeks, but her finale show in the City of Salvador erupted in violence Wednesday night when youths from a local gang began firing shots at fans leaving the Parque de [...]
The killing of an Egyptian teenager sparked street violence in Milan on Saturday night, with cars damaged and shop windows smashed. Rival gangs of North African and South American immigrants are said to have clashed, over the stabbing, in an ethnically-mixed area of the Italian city.
The rarefied world of Chinese export porcelain
THE West’s trade with China has been at the forefront of globalisation since the days of Marco Polo. Pieces of eight, minted out of South American silver, crossed the Pacific and were used up and down the coast of Asia. Indeed, interruptions in this silver trade ultimately helped bring on the collapse of the Ming dynasty in China in the early 17th century. Later exchanges of tea, spices and then opium served to enrich Western merchants, particularly from Britain.
By the 18th century, British, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish and American trade with China was so well established that the new wealthy merchant class it created had taken to emulating the trappings of the landed gentry, designing coats of arms and commissioning entire porcelain services on which to flaunt them. No marriage or promotion was complete without a specially made plate to commemorate it. …
Juan Sebastian Veron has thrown down the gauntlet to his team-mates ahead of their first appearance at the Fifa Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi next week. South American champions Estudiantes are set to enter the tournament at the semi-final stage alongside European heavyweights Barcelona and could
Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are in negotiations to reprise their roles in the upcoming Happy Feet sequel.
Director George Miller is returning to the follow-up to the Oscar-winning animated film, slated to start shooting in Australia early next year, ABC News reports. Producers are hoping to convince Wood to return as the voice of dancing [...]
