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Second Round of Guatemala Elections Started Today

The second round of the presidential elections in Guatemala began today. 16,668 schools were ordered by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to get the votes until 18:00 local (00:00 GMT). The Guatemalan people must choose between Otto Perez Molina, who is the favorite to win the...
Posted On 06 Nov 2011
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Aerosmith Made Quito Scream

Aerosmith rockers thrilled thousands of fans at the 2-hour concert they gave last night at the Atahualpa Stadium in Quito. The Ecuadorian band Rock Vox opened the concert with six songs to make way for the band from Boston, that visited Ecuador for the first time in its 40-year...
Posted On 06 Nov 2011
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Aerosmith Will Perform Tonight at Quito’s Atahualpa Stadium

Around 40,000 fans of the American band Aerosmith will attend tonight to the Atahualpa Olimpic Stadium in Quito to sing songs like “Jaded”, “Crazy” and “I Do not Want to Miss a Thing” with Steven Tyler. This is one of the concerts of the...
Posted On 05 Nov 2011
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Ignacio Izquierdo, “I play guitar and sing with my voice”

By: Ma. Fernanda Soria @MaferSoria When you hear people talking about “Ecuadorian music,” folk rhythms, town bands, and the name Julio Jaramillo with his traditional “Nuestro Juramento” song immediately come to mind. But musicians like Ignacio Izquierdo...
Posted On 05 Nov 2011
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Leader of the FARC, Alfonso Cano, dies

The top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), A.K.A. “Alfonso Cano”, died in Colombia, reported a source from the Ministry of Defense of Colombia on Saturday. No one knows neither the date nor the exact time of the death of Guillermo León Sáenz...
Posted On 05 Nov 2011
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Spain began campaigns for the 2012 presidencial elections

This morning the campains to renew the Spanish parliament began amid a deep economic crisis in this country. Among the favorites for this campaign is the opposition candidate Mariano Rajoy. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba is the other candidate for this elections. José Luis Rodríguez...
Posted On 04 Nov 2011
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Ricky Martin Would Marry in Spain

The Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin obtained the Spanish nationality, the president of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero along with the Council of Ministries conceded this condition in order that he could marry his boyfriend, Carlos Sanchez. The performer based the request last...
Posted On 04 Nov 2011
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Cuba Allows Household Sales

The new rules for the sale of households in Cuba will beome effective on November 10th. The new regulations seek to “eliminate prohibitions and make procedures related to the transmission of home ownership more flexible,” the Granma newspaper, which is the Communist...
Posted On 03 Nov 2011
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Dutch Psychologist Considered the Biggest Scientific Fraud

Dutch social psychologist Diederik Stapel, publicly apologized after falsifying for years the results of his researchs. “I’ve failed as a scientist and I am ashamed” were the statements of Stapel, an expert in cognitive psychology, who invented articles he...
Posted On 03 Nov 2011
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The Kindle Library by Amazon

This Thursday Amazon announced that it has launched a Kindle lending library for the owners of the e-reader that are also subscribed to Amazon Prime service. Now Prime members can borrow one book a month, with no due dates. During a press conference the company said that users...
Posted On 03 Nov 2011
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