“A failed state is one that has a weak central government and has little practical control over its territory, we would say that actually we are in the anteroom, “said the guerrilla leader, who dismissed Calderon for trying to impose its project” from a military-police state. “

The” Mayor Salvador “said in Mexico there are large areas and regions of the territory administered politically, economically and socially by outside forces for their own benefit. “

authority” and is neutralized or even worse, complicit and part of the fabric of this new power emerged mainly from the drug cartels, “he said.

guerrilla leader stressed that the fight against drug trafficking Army is” in a dead end “because it was initiated” without a clear strategy and tactics, without having a real vision of what is in front of him as an enemy. “

As the 2012 presidential elections, the leader of armed group considered that if the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) returns to the presidency “would be a setback for democracy, because the election will still be left even further from reach to power.”

The armed organization that calls for the fight against any form of capitalism, appeared on February 23, 2000, when a bomb detonated near government offices in the city of Puebla. (Telam) fpa-dc-jab29 /04/2010 19:45

Concerns for the safety of the Paraguayan-Brazilian border increased after the armed attack against Senator Robert Acevedo, Authentic Radical Liberal Party of Paraguay, who was injured in the attack last Monday in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, which killed his bodyguard and his driver.

“It seems crazy that a person believes that using violence, Senator shooting and killing a bodyguard planted a culture of fear in the Paraguayan and Brazilian states, “Lula said in a press conference in Brasilia after the workshop held with his counterpart in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.

The Paraguayan city where he was attacked Senator, bordering the municipality of Ponta Pora Brazil, be where Lula and Lugo were found on Monday.

In the region where the attack occurred on Sunday in force since the state of emergency, which implies t1000he involvement of military forces in search and arrest common criminals and members of the group calling itself the Army of the Paraguayan people. (Telam) fpa-dc-jab28/04/2010 20:03

ABC News said the video was produced by Al Qaeda in Yemen.

“We are reviewing all information, all evidence is discovered and reviewed with much of this information to intelligence that allows us to deduce actions, “Holder told reporters in response to a question on the tape.

Holder said it had seen the tape, showing others in the field of training, but some had their faces blurred or covered.

It also shows that shoot bullets into a flag that has written “UN” on it and against another with a Jewish star.

In the video, Abdulmutallab says that Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula “have the right to Jihad because the enemy is in your land.”

Christmas Day Last year, Abdulmutallab tried to blow up a U.S. commercial flight from Amsterdam to Detroit with a bomb hidden in his underwear, U.S. officials said.

Although it is accused by the alleged attempted to blow up the plane, is now cooperating with investigators.

Previously told investigators he was trained in Yemen by militants affiliated with Al Qaeda and that they gave at the pump.

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, edited by Patricia Avila in Spanish)

Viktor Orban, whose center-right Fidesz party won a two-thirds parliamentary majority in Sunday”s election, also criticized the PSZAF financial regulator and central bank saying there was doubt whether the institutions did their job properly.

Orban and the central bank already discussed in the first days after the elections, confirming investors” concerns about possible tensions between the new Government and President of the institution Andras Simor, who was named in 2007 for a term of six years.

Hungarian currency, the forint, and government bonds have risen since the first round on April 11 driven by the prospect of a strong government of Fidesz, and hopes of further reductions in interest rates by the central bank (NBH, by its original acronym).

The bank reduced its key rate by 25 basis points to a historic low of 5.25 percent on Monday and analysts said they were shuffled deeper relief if the new Government seeks a tougher fiscal policy and launch reforms.

Orban said his government will seek to partner with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union, with whom he has a financial agreement that expires in October, and ensure their support for Fidesz plans to boost the economy.

Orban again attacked a larger budget deficit for this year.

“In my view, neither the IMF nor the financial institutions of the EU are our leaders . We are not subordinate to them, “Orban told a news conference.

” We agree with the IMF on the contents of a package that will take effect this year, but (…) not accept dictates but will present our own views and then try to enlist the support of financial markets, financial institutions of the EU and the World Bank and IMF representatives, “he said.

CONTROf16LLING THE DEFICIT

Orban said that the budget deficit would exceed the target of 3.8 percent of GDP this year due to the legacy of the outgoing Socialist government.

The elected prime minister added that his government would seek an agreement with lenders on measures to contain the deficit while reducing taxes significantly to boost the ailing economy.

Analyst 2010 deficit forecast at 4.9 percent.

Hungary was rescued from collapse in 2008 by an IMF-led loan and the agreement expires in October. The biggest economic strategist Fidesz, Gyorgy Matolcsy, told Reuters last month that the party wanted a new agreement with lenders to use as a backup.

Investors want to see clear plans of the new soon Government on how to reduce taxes in the coming years and also to maintain the fiscal stability of hard-won, reducing the Hungarian public debt, which currently borders on 80 percent of GDP.

(Additional reporting Sandor Peto and Marton Dunai, editing by Marion Giraldo Spanish)

The call covered eight regions, with primaries in a circuit in the region of Caracas and another in the neighboring state Mirada, stronghold of the opposition camp, reported news agency DPA.

Voting will complete the list of candidates was announced Saturday by the Bureau of Unity, the coalition of opposition parties, which includes more than 300 applicants, including principals and agents.

parties spent several months negotiating possible consensus candidate, but in some regions there was no agreement.

candidates, both elected and appointed, they committed to support a common legislative agenda and support the campaigns of all candidates.

spokesman technical committee of the Bureau of Unit, Ramon Medina, said the vote was taken with a ” democracy and civics lesson. “

Primaries were held in 15 of the 87 electoral districts of the country and estimated that the call reached four million voters.

The opposition did not participate in 2005 parliamentary elections, citing distrust of the voting system, leaving all the seats in Congress in the hands of the ruling, so that the primaries are a test for its return to struggle in the legislative field.

Primary elections are conducted in the states (provinces) Anzoategui, Carabobo, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Tachira and Zulia, in addition to the district capital.

In the elections of September 26 Venezuelans will choose 165 deputies, of which 110 are for names, 52 party lists and three indigenous representatives, as well as several representatives to Parliament Latinoamericano.

The PSUV President Hugo Chavez will also hold primaries on May 2, but only recorded vote militants in their ranks. (Telam) ajl-mag 25/04/2010 18:30

Yesterday, the defense minister, Gabriel Silva, had criticized ” the detention of the vessel in the Caribbean Sea undetermined zones “, but after analyzing satellite, a statement said the ship with 23 crew, was intercepted off the coast of Honduras and Colombia would not issue any notice of protest.

Today, meanwhile, the Army Navy Nicaragua detailed the capture of 31 fishermen, most of Colombian nationality, and four boats fishing illegally in waters of the Caribbean Sea in Nicaraguan territory.

The Captain, Roger Gonzalez, head of the Nicaraguan Naval Force said at a news conference that the arrest of the fishermen happened on Thursday when the boat was towed ashore.

Gonzalez said there are three small ships, Colombia, loaded with fish and a fishing boat carrying industrial shells, which apparently took about 20 days fishing in the Nicaraguan Caribbean.

He said the head of the Nicaraguan Navy of the 31 fishermen detained, only one is Nicaraguan and 23 crew of the ship Laura Anny originate in Colombia, which operated at 135 miles northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios, near the border with Honduras.

The report said the boat Katherine Ann, meanwhile, was intercepted 194 miles northeast of Cabo Gracias a Dios, with five crew members, all natives of Grand Cayman .

Gonzalez ruled out a possible drug trafficking, and emphasized that all catches are made in Nicaraguan waters. (Telam) .- ab-dsg24/04/2010 18:47

The market was cautious for much of the day after the announcement of Greece.

Sales of new homes surged 27% in March, rebounding from a record low in February, the Commerce Department reported. It was the best monthly performance since July and the highest monthly increase in 47 years. The advance was probably generated by consumers who try to put in a position to obtain federal tax credits expire at the end of this month.

Dow Jones industrial average advanced 69.99 points (0, 6%), to 11204.28. The Standard Poor #39; s of 500 stocks was an increase of 8.61 units (0.7%) to 1217.28, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 11.08 whole (0.4%) to 2530.15.

The dollar fell against the euro after rallying early in day to touch its highest level in a year.

The benchmark crude for June delivery rose $ 1.42 to $ 85.12 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

In London, Brent North Sea rose 1 , $ 58 to $ 87.25 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

Meanwhile, the FTSE 100 index, which groups Britain”s capitalized companies, closed at a rise of 52 , 85 points (0.9%) to 5723.65, while Germany”s DAX index rose 90.81 units (1.5%) to 6259.53. The French CAC-40 rose 26.65 whole (0.7%) to 3951.30.

bags, especially the European, they were encouraged by the news that Greece sought Friday the activation of the rescue plan drawn up by the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund to raise the price of money in international markets for their bonds to an unsustainable rate of almost 9%. Greece will receive this year 30,000 million (40,000 million dollars, thanks to the plan.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 34.63 points, or 0.3% to 10 914, 46 and in Hong Kong”s Hang Seng fell 210.45 points, 1%, to 21244.49.

In Seoul. the Kospi lost 0.1% in Shanghai index benchmark fell 0.5% and Australia fell 0.5%.

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AP Financial Columnist Jeremiah Marquez contributed in Hong Kong to this article.

Typically, salmonella causes fatal infections in the bloodstream of people with HIV, particularly in Africa. But although this has been known for over 25 years, only now researchers have a scientific explanation. <1000/P>

This is not the deficiency of the immune system that causes the problem, but access to antibodies. The discovery should help prevent the development of new vaccines run into dead ends.

“It is quite surprising and suggests that here we are dealing more with a consequence of immune dysregulation rather an immune deficiency itself, “said lead researcher Cal MacLennan, University of Birmingham.

human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is usually seen as a virus that stops the immune system work by killing cells called CD4, which orchestrate the body”s response to foreign invaders.

In the case of salmonella, MacLennan and colleagues found that the blood of infected adults HIV-contained high levels of antibodies to salmonella. The difficulty appeared when antibodies adhered to the wrong part of the bacterium and, therefore, failed to kill her.

The research, published Thursday in the journal Science, indicates that the response body”s immune is very different in people infected with HIV compared with those without HIV, and the difference is a lower immune response.

The discovery is important for doctors trying to treat people with HIV as those who develop vaccines to protect HIV-positive patients from other infections.

It could also help in finding an effective vaccine against salmonella to show that some current approaches are wrong.

Researchers at Birmingham and the University of Malawi found ineffective antibodies in Africans with HIV linked to a structure that protrudes from the surface of the salmonella, known as lipopolysaccharide (LPS ).

Hence the subject, the antibodies the immune system deviated from the correct area of the surface of the bacteria, which allows them to develop.

This is important for vaccine manufacturers, since the LPS is currently being investigated in early clinical trials as a potential target for a vaccine against salmonella. “A vaccine of this kind could do more harm than good,” said

MacLennan.

(Published in Spanish, Juan Jose Lagorio)

Three others remain in critical condition after a alleged explosion in the semi-submersible Deepwater Horizon on Tuesday night (03h00 GMT on Wednesday), who threw fireballs into the night sky.

The platform is located about 84 miles southeast Venice, on the coast of Louisiana, and after the incident recorded an inclination of between three and 10 degrees and is still in flames.

Fifteen people were removed by helicopter and admitted to local hospitals while rescuers tried to pull the rest of the 126 employees of the facility, operated by the Swiss contractor Transocean, based in Houston, Texas.

Vice President of Transocean, Adrian Rose , acknowledged it “oil pressure or oil-gas-exhaust pipe came up and went up the same, expanded and exploded.”

But it stressed that the cause of the accident is under investigation and that “there is no data to say it was really a blast. is a presumption we do.”

The Coast Guard explained that New Orleans Tuesday 22:00 (03h00 GMT Wednesday) the “monitoring equipment received a message about an explosion and fire at an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

” Four helicopters, one airplane and three Coast Guard ships involved in search operations, “said Mike Blakney turn, another spokesman for the coastguard agency.

” The fire is still burning, have four boats at the scene fighting fire flames, “he said.

The 8-1 decision the high court was a victory for proponents of free speech and a defeat for the federal government and groups like the Humane Society of the United States.

The Congress passed the law in 1999 in an attempt to prevent some people from benefiting from the interstate sale of representations of the torture and killing of animals. Was mainly aimed at the videos for “crushing” in which women with high-heeled shoes trample small animals in a form of sexual fetishism.

Opponents of the law had argued that it was too broad and too vague, and that became some videos of illegal blood sports like bullfighting or hunti1000ng, and even some documentaries.

They said that the standard should be rejected as a form of government censorship.

Chief Justice John Roberts, on behalf of the majority of the court, said the law was too broad and therefore invalid under the protections freedom of expression to be found in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

While the prohibition of cruelty to animals has a long tradition in American law, there is no evidence a similar tradition prohibiting depictions of the cruelty, “said Roberts.

Roberts refused to carve a new category of free speech is not protected by the First Amendment. The court created last exception, relating to child pornography, more than 25 years.

David Horowitz, executive director of a group called the Media Coalition, applauded the ruling. “If the court had to rewrite the First Amendment every time an issue unpopular or distasteful was at stake, we would have no any freedom of expression,” he said.

CALL NEW ANIMAL PROTECTION LAW

Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, called on Congress to pass a law more restrictive.

“Congress should act quickly to ensure that the First Amendment is not used as a shield to commit such barbaric acts of cruelty, then peddling their videos online, “said Pacelle.

court ruled in favor of Robert Stevens of Virginia, who made and sold three videos of pitbull dog fighting and attacking each other pigs and wild boars.

His conviction in 2005 was the first in the country under the new law. Stevens was sentenced to 37 months in prison, but had not yet begun to comply with pending appeal.

Stevens” lawyers said that his sentence was 14 months older than the professional football player Michael Vick for running a dog fighting network. Vick has served his sentence and resumed his career.

Laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, along with several other federal regulations already prohibit cruelty to animals.

The Justice Department lawyers had argued that the videos of cruelty to animals should be treated as child pornography, and not subject to any constitutional protection. Usually, videos and other representations are protected as free speech, even showing an aberrant behavior.

Alito said the law was passed to prevent horrific acts of cruelty to animals, not to suppress freedom of expression. “The First Amendment protects freedom of expression, but it almost certainly does not protect violent criminal conduct,” he wrote.

(Translated by the editors of Madrid)