Latin American Herald Tribune: Spain Police Raid Boat in Atlantic, Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine, Arrest 10

October 24, 2018

PRN-Latino News Latin American Herald Tribune: Spain Police Raid Boat in Atlantic, Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine, Arrest 10 Latin American Herald Tribune: Wreck of Ancient Greek Merchant Ship Found off Bulgaria’s Coast in Black Sea Latin American Herald Tribune: Trump, Xi to Meet during G20 Summit in Buenos Aires Latin American Herald Tribune: Honduran in Wheelchair Has Same American Dream as Rest of Caravan Latin American Herald Tribune: Brazil Runs Away with Google Latin America Research Prizes Latin American Herald Tribune: Venezuelan Opposition Asks for Visit by UN Rights Commissioner Latin American Herald Tribune: Win for Bolsonaro in Brazil Could Spur Regional Arms Race, Opponent Says Latin American Herald Tribune: European Commission Asks Italy to Resubmit Budget Latin American Herald Tribune: PSG Gears Up for Champions League Game with Napoli Latin American Herald Tribune: AI: Thousands Awaiting Trial Kept in Dire Conditions in Malagasy Prisons Latin American Herald Tribune: King, Queen of the Netherlands Visit the United Kingdom for State Visit Latin American Herald Tribune: Putin and Trump to Meet Next Month in Paris Latin American Herald Tribune: Spanish Police Arrest 2 Men Suspected of Belonging to IS, Al-Qaida Groups Latin American Herald Tribune: Pedro Sarabia Becomes Sportivo Luqueño’s 6th Manager This Year Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll from Hurricane Michael Climbs to 39 Latin American Herald Tribune: Honduras Investigating Alleged Disappearance of More Than 30 Migrants Latin American Herald Tribune: Internacional Ties Santos, Vacates 2nd Place in Brazilian League Latin American Herald Tribune: Dortmund Coach Praises Atletico Madrid ahead of Champions League Duel Latin American Herald Tribune: Fluminense Hopes to Get Win in Rio against Nacional in Copa Sudamericana Latin American Herald Tribune: Saudi Crown Prince Arrives at Davos in the Desert amid Boycott over Khashoggi Latin American Herald Tribune: Spain Police Raid Boat in Atlantic, Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine, Arrest 10 PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Spain Police Raid Boat in Atlantic, Seize 1.5 Tons of Cocaine, Arrest 10 LAS PALMAS, Spain – Spanish police have boarded a tugboat in the Atlantic Ocean, seized 1,400 kilos (1.5 short tons) of cocaine and arrested 10 suspects in what the force described as a third blow against Turkish drug mafias in recent months, the Drugs and Organized Crime Unit (UDYCO) said on Tuesday.Special operations police (GEO) swooped on a Moldavian-registered tug navigating off the southwestern coast of Spain and carried out the arrests, bringing the total haul of cocaine captured by Spanish forces this year to 15,000 kilos, UDYCO spokesman Santos Bernal said.“This operation was against a Turkish gang,” Bernal said. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Wreck of Ancient Greek Merchant Ship Found off Bulgaria’s Coast in Black Sea PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Wreck of Ancient Greek Merchant Ship Found off Bulgaria’s Coast in Black Sea LONDON – The remains of an Ancient Greek trading vessel that sank more than 2,400 years ago – possibly the world’s oldest intact shipwreck – have been found near the Bulgarian coast, the research team who discovered it announced on Tuesday.Experts from the Maritime Archaeological Project, a joint Anglo-Bulgarian venture, located the wreck while surveying an area spanning 2,000 square kilometers (772 square miles) of the Black Sea.“It’s like another world,” Dr Helen Farr, a member of the team, told the British public service broadcaster BBC.A small sample was taken for radiocarbon dating at the University of Southampton, which showed that the merchant ship likely sank in the first half of the 5th century before the common era, around the year 480 BC.The archaeologists spent three years combing the seabed with remotely-controlled underwater cameras capable of capturing high-definition images at depths of up to two kilometers (1.4 miles) below sea level.The researchers said that the vessel’s rudder and rowing benches remained intact, as well as most contents in its hold, since the water at those depths is anoxic (nearly oxygen-free).With a length of around 23 meters (75 feet), it is estimated that it could carry a crew of between 15-25 men.While its cargo has yet to be identified, the ship resembles one depicted on a vase now found in the British Museum.The stamnos – a type of pottery designed to store liquids – shows the Homeric episode in which the mythical hero Odysseus commanded that his crew strap him to his ship’s mast to resist the deadly singing of fiendish sirens. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Trump, Xi to Meet during G20 Summit in Buenos Aires PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Trump, Xi to Meet during G20 Summit in Buenos Aires WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires between Nov. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Honduran in Wheelchair Has Same American Dream as Rest of Caravan PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Honduran in Wheelchair Has Same American Dream as Rest of Caravan HUIXTLA, Mexico – Despite being confined to a somewhat rusty old wheelchair, which will make even more difficult the long, long trek that lies ahead, Sergio Caceres is one of the thousands of Honduran migrants in the caravan crossing Mexico whose only goal is to live the American Dream.“I won’t have a job. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Brazil Runs Away with Google Latin America Research Prizes PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Brazil Runs Away with Google Latin America Research Prizes BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil – Brazil – with 17 winning projects – ran away with the Google Research Awards for Latin America recognizing work in the computer science field.These prizes for individuals studying for MSc and PhD degrees, as well as for professors and tutors, were awarded in a ceremony at the Engineering Center established by Google in Belo Horizonte.More than 300 projects competed in this edition of the prizes in such categories as the Internet of Things, human-computer interaction, geolocalization, machine learning, data mining and mobile devices, of which only 26 were selected.The list of winners contained five Colombian projects, two from Argentina, one from Mexico and another from Peru, though as Google noted, again this year the projects from Brazil were calculated to amaze.Ideas appeared like “Sensors to detect plague insects through a wireless network of intelligent traps,” by Professor Paulo Roberto Ferreira Jr. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Venezuelan Opposition Asks for Visit by UN Rights Commissioner PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Venezuelan Opposition Asks for Visit by UN Rights Commissioner CARACAS – Relatives of political prisoners, along with opposition leaders, gathered on Tuesday at the United Nations headquarters in Caracas to ask the international body to announce the date on which UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will visit Venezuela. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Win for Bolsonaro in Brazil Could Spur Regional Arms Race, Opponent Says PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Win for Bolsonaro in Brazil Could Spur Regional Arms Race, Opponent Says RIO DE JANEIRO – The candidate of Brazil’s center-left Workers Party (PT) said on Tuesday that a victory by rightist Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election could lead to military rivalry among the nations of Latin America.“There may be an arms race in the region,” Fernando Haddad told a press conference when asked about Bolsonaro’s strident denunciations of the leftist government of neighboring Venezuela.Haddad, who stepped in as PT standard-bearer after jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred from the election, said that Bolsonaro’s attitude toward the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro makes him fear the likelihood of a conflict.The PT hopeful said he was handed a video – the authenticity of which has yet to be verified – in which one of Bolsonaro’s lawmakers sons said that one of the first measures to be taken by his father, should he win Sunday’s election, will be to “topple the Maduro regime.”“This is very serious, because we have to remember that Brazil has not had conflicts with its neighbors for more than 140 years,” the progressive candidate said, adding that he finds the possibility of the United States setting up a military base in the country alarming.“It is alarming because we don’t have a tradition of allowing US military bases in Brazilian territory,” he added. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: European Commission Asks Italy to Resubmit Budget PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) European Commission Asks Italy to Resubmit Budget BRUSSELS – The European Commission has rejected Italy’s 2019 draft budget and asked Rome to resubmit it, a European Union official familiar with the talks said on Tuesday.It is the first time under the European Union’s stricter fiscal rules that the commission rejects a eurozone country’s budget plans.Under the EU’s rules, Italy will have three weeks to submit a revised budget. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: PSG Gears Up for Champions League Game with Napoli PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) PSG Gears Up for Champions League Game with Napoli PARIS – Paris Saint-Germain held a training session on Tuesday for the upcoming UEFA Champions League group stage clash against Napoli.Star forwards Neymar Jr. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: AI: Thousands Awaiting Trial Kept in Dire Conditions in Malagasy Prisons PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) AI: Thousands Awaiting Trial Kept in Dire Conditions in Malagasy Prisons NAIROBI – Thousands of prisoners confined in Malagasy jails awaiting trial experience excessive waits in shocking, life-threatening conditions, according to a report by the human rights organization Amnesty International published on Tuesday.AI’s report, based on visits to nine prisons between 2017-2018, suggests over 11,000 people, including women and children, live in deplorable conditions with no access to sanitation, medical assistance or adequate food supplies in prisons in Madagascar, a huge island off the southeast coast of Africa.“There is a crisis of pretrial detention in the country and Madagascar must apply its own law. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: King, Queen of the Netherlands Visit the United Kingdom for State Visit PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) King, Queen of the Netherlands Visit the United Kingdom for State Visit LONDON – The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the King and Queen of the Netherlands to London on Tuesday for a state visit at the invitation of her country’s government.The queen greeted King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Horse Guard’s Parade before the royals traveled along the Mall in a horse-drawn carriage procession to Buckingham Palace.“The Guard of Honor, found by 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, gives a Royal Salute and the Dutch National Anthem is played by the Band of the Regiment,” Buckingham Palace tweeted as part of its commentary of the Dutch state visit.Ahead of meeting the queen, the Dutch couple were met at the Dutch embassy in London by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the palace said.The visiting royals would lunch at the palace, the official residence of the UK royal family, before visiting a special exhibition of Dutch paintings in the palace gallery.Later, the king and queen would lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey, ahead of Willem-Alexander addressing the UK parliament.They would also have tea with Charles and Camilla at their London residence, Clarence House, before meeting the leader of the UK’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn.A state dinner would be held at the palace on Tuesday evening, while the pair would be lunching with Prime Minister Theresa May at Downing Street on Wednesday.The state visit came at a time when the UK government was boosting efforts to improve bilateral relations with countries ahead of its withdrawal from the European Union in March 2019. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Putin and Trump to Meet Next Month in Paris PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Putin and Trump to Meet Next Month in Paris MOSCOW – Russia and the United States agreed on Tuesday that Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet on Nov. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Spanish Police Arrest 2 Men Suspected of Belonging to IS, Al-Qaida Groups PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Spanish Police Arrest 2 Men Suspected of Belonging to IS, Al-Qaida Groups VALENCIA, Spain – Police in eastern Spain arrested on Tuesday two Syrian nationals suspected of spreading extremist Islamist propaganda online, the interior ministry said.According to a statement, the pair, aged 55 and 58, were arrested near Valencia and Alicante respectively, and could face charges of belonging and collaborating with a terror organization as well as promoting acts of terror and indoctrination.“One of the detained was a member of several private instant messaging groups administered by members of Daesh (the Islamic State terror organization),” the ministry said. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Pedro Sarabia Becomes Sportivo Luqueño’s 6th Manager This Year PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Pedro Sarabia Becomes Sportivo Luqueño’s 6th Manager This Year ASUNCION – Pedro Sarabia was introduced on Tuesday as the new manager of Sportivo Luqueño, making him the sixth man to lead the Paraguayan club this year.Sarabia replaces Argentine Javier Sanguinetti, whose tenure with the club ended on Monday, a day after Sportivo Luqueño was blown out by Olimpia in Clausura tournament play.The 43-year-old Paraguayan follows Sanguinetti; Uruguayan Eduardo Rivera; Argentine Fernando Ortiz; and Paraguayans Hector Schönhauser and Gustavo Florentin as Sportivo Luqueño’s manager.The new manager comes to Sportivo Luqueño from the Paraguayan national under-20 team, which he coached for two years, and, before that, Libertad, a club he led from 2013 to 2015.Under Sarabia’s leadership, Libertad won the Apertura and Clausura championships in 2014.Sportivo Luqueño said in a Twitter post that Sarabia would work with assistants Arnaldo Espinola and Hugo Agüero, as well as with conditioning coach Walter Gonzalez, goalkeeper coach Carlos Galeano and video analyst Ariel Villagra.The club also thanked Sanguinetti for his “professionalism and commitment,” which, unfortunately, “failed to produce results” and wished him the best in his future endeavors.Olimpia blew out Sportivo Luqueño 4-2 on Sunday, leading to Sanguinetti’s exit.Sportivo Luqueño has just one victory and has failed to win in nine consecutive outings, while Olimpia is sitting in the top spot in the tournament standings.Sarabia’s mission is to try to turn around a situation that could push the club into the relegation zone if it loses and Deportivo de Santani wins at least two matches in the six remaining rounds of Clausura tournament play. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll from Hurricane Michael Climbs to 39 PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Death Toll from Hurricane Michael Climbs to 39 MIAMI – The death toll in Florida from Hurricane Michael, which hit the Panhandle earlier this month, has risen to 29, while the total number of people killed by the storm in the United States now stands at 39, the spokesman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management told EFE on Tuesday.The 10 other confirmed deaths were in Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia, Alberto Moscoso said.Bay County, where at least 19 people were killed, was the area worst hit by Michael, which made landfall on Oct. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Honduras Investigating Alleged Disappearance of More Than 30 Migrants PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Honduras Investigating Alleged Disappearance of More Than 30 Migrants TEGUCIGALPA – The Honduran Foreign Ministry is investigating via its consular network in Mexico more than 30 complaints about the alleged disappearance of Honduran migrants who were part of the caravan that set out on Oct. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Internacional Ties Santos, Vacates 2nd Place in Brazilian League PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Internacional Ties Santos, Vacates 2nd Place in Brazilian League SAO PAULO – Porto Alegre-based Internacional played to a 2-2 tie with Santos in the Brazilian league.Santos managed to stay in Monday’s match thanks to a standout performance by forward Gabriel Barbosa Almeida, better known as “Gabigol.”The draw, however, caused Internacional to fall behind Brazilian Championship leader Palmeiras and hand Flamengo second place in the standings.Internacional came close to winning the match on two occasions, but Santos reacted quickly with a goal by Gabigol.Santos focused on winning, pressuring its rival, but was unable to pull off the victory.With the draw, Internacional is now in third place, five points behind Palmeiras, which is in first place in the standings, with 62 points, and one point behind Flamengo.Santos is sitting in seventh place, with 43 points. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Dortmund Coach Praises Atletico Madrid ahead of Champions League Duel PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Dortmund Coach Praises Atletico Madrid ahead of Champions League Duel BERLIN – Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre praised Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, a day before the two teams face off in the UEFA Champions League group stage.The Swiss coach spoke alongside his forward Marco Reus of Germany at a press conference ahead of Wednesday’s home game.“Atletico has been among the best teams in Europe for six or seven years, reaching the Champions League final not in an exceptional year, but as a result of constant performance,” Favre said.Asked about Atletico’s star forward Antoine Griezmann, the coach said his greatest strength was his efficiency and his ability to create goals from minimal chances.“He’s very intelligent, he needs few ball contacts, he receives and shoots and everyone is surprised,” Favre said.After two matches, Dortmund leads Champions League Group A ahead of Atletico in second, although the two teams are level at six points each. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Fluminense Hopes to Get Win in Rio against Nacional in Copa Sudamericana PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Fluminense Hopes to Get Win in Rio against Nacional in Copa Sudamericana RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s Fluminense has a clear plan heading into this week’s Copa Sudamericana match against Uruguay’s Nacional – get a win at home in Rio and face much less pressure in the second leg of the series in Montevideo.“Our aim is to get a solid victory in Rio, because we know that the match in Uruguay is going to be very challenging. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Saudi Crown Prince Arrives at Davos in the Desert amid Boycott over Khashoggi PRN-Latino News from mikenova (16 sites) Saudi Crown Prince Arrives at Davos in the Desert amid Boycott over Khashoggi RIYADH – Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman arrived on Tuesday at an investment conference that has seen many global political and business leaders pull out or boycott it over the disappearance and suspected murder a Saudi journalist in Riyadh’s Istanbul.Mohammad bin Salman did not give a speech at the Future Investment Initiative, known as Davos in the Desert, but was photographed in conversation with King Abdullah II of Jordan.Earlier, the crown prince and King Salman bin Abdelaziz met with the family of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post journalist who Saudi authorities acknowledge died in Saudi Arabia’s consular legation in the Turkish city on Oct. Read More

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