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Amigos de las Americas Marks 50 Years of Work in Latin Americ HOUSTON Since it was founded in Houston 50 years ago, Amigos de las Americas has sent 26,000 U.S. high school and college students to work on projects in Latin American communities. Our ap
Unit 41 Brazilian Football Fans Brazil is famous for its carnivals, beautiful women and football. You can change your wife but you cannot change your mother and your football club. If you are a real fan, you will cherish your team second only to your
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EDUCATION REPORT – June 13, 2002: Latin Language Teaching By Jerilyn Watson Orange High School Latin Club, Pepper Pike, Ohio. (Picture -ohiojcl.org) This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
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By Paige Kollock New York 04 December 2007 One person's trash is sometimes another person's treasure, especially when art is involved. Paige Kollock reports on one stolen painting's odyssey, as it went from the sidewalk to the auction block. One mill
By Steve Mort Miami, Florida 04 July 2007 Sales of Latin music CDs are on the rise in the United States. Industry figures show that while overall demand for compact discs is declining, sales at U.S. stores stocking CDs from Central and South America
By Paula Wolfson Montevideo, Uruguay 11 March 2007 President Bush travels to Bogota Saturday amid extremely tight security in the Colombian capital. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports he is going to show his support for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Pre
By Al Pessin Aboard USNS Comfort 11 October 2007 One of the U.S. Navy's two huge hospital ships, USNS Comfort , has just finished a four-month mission to 12 Latin American countries, during which it provided free health care to 98,000 people. VOA's A
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. This week, President Obama made his first official visit to Latin America. He arrived Thursday in Mexico City and met with President Felipe Calderon. They discussed the drug war in Mexico, illegal immigrat
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 23 May 2007 Pope Benedict Pope Benedict acknowledged on Wednesday that unjustifiable crimes were committed during the colonization of the Americas. The pontiff, who has been criticized by Indian groups, recently returned f
By Brian Wagner Miami 21 June 2007 A U.S. Navy hospital ship is launching a medical and humanitarian mission that will include stops in 12 nations in Latin America. The crew of the USNS Comfort hopes to see 85,000 people in communities where medical
Members of the wealthy Rockefeller family of New York helped establish the Museum of Modern Art and revive the old Cloisters medieval museum, both in New York City. The Rockefellers contributed to the restoration of Versailles Palace in France. And t
Spain's Economic Slide Hits Latin American Immigrants Hard During the boom years in the 1990s, Spain absorbed more than seven-million Latin-American immigrants, increasing its population by nearly 20 percent. And when the economic crisis hit in 2008,
Mix the pounding, hip-swaying drums of Afro-Cuban jazz with lilting Jewish tunes from mid-1900s New York, and what do you get? Jewish Latin jazz. A couple of weeks ago at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco, the rhythm of the opening song was very Lat
By Laurel Bowman Washington 18 November 2009 A Washington-based educational institute says the number of university students who study abroad is on the rise. The Institute of International Education reports a 60 percent increase in the number of stu
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Actor and comedian John Leguizamo is a veteran of the one-man show. At 52 years old, he's now in the midst of his sixth solo production, and we caught up with him one afternoon heading into his pre-show ritual at the Public Theat
By Al Pessin Pentagon 09 March 2006 Major General Richard Mentemeyer The U.S. military command responsible for operations in Latin America puts a lot of its effort into fighting the illegal drug trade
BEIJING, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met with delegates to the 1st China-Latin America high-level defense forum on Tuesday. Liang hailed the increasingly close relations between China and Latin American countries in recent yea