by the El Reportero’s wire services
Augusto PinochetMost children living in poverty in the United States are Hispanic, according to a Census Bureau report published today.
Statistics covering different aspects of the national crisis by taking into account education, race, income, marital status showed that poor Hispanic children represent 37 percent of the total, while whites represent 30 percent, and blacks, 26 percent.
The Census Bureau statistics also showed that poverty rates remained almost invariable, with 46.5 million people living in poverty.
Repressors of Pinochet dictatorship transferred to less luxurious prison
The nine agents of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990) in prison in the exclusive prison Cordillera were transferred today to the jail of Punta Peuco, amidst criticism for the comfortable living conditions they enjoyed in the prison.
Under eggs and stones the protesters stationed outside Cordillera, two vehicles of gendarmerie came out a few minutes before Saturday midnight with the first two prisoners among whom there were, according to the leaking, General (r) Manuel Contreras, former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), sentenced to 360 years in prison.
The little caravan reached Punta Peuco, about 40 kilometers north of the Chilean capital, early on Sunday, in which term also arrived the second caravan with the other seven prisoners, all sentenced for crimes against humanity.
Argentina, Spain meet to discuss
Falklands, Gibraltar The foreign ministers of Spain and Argentina met Thursday to discuss working together to resolve their countries’ respective disputes with Britain over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.
Aides to Spanish Forceeign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo told Efe that Gibraltar and the Falklands were discussed.
While sources on Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman’s team said the two men agreed to join forces in demanding compliance with long-standing U.N. resolutions mandating that London negotiate with Madrid and Buenos Aires over Gibraltar and the Falklands. The talks came a day after Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy denounced Gibraltar’s current status as an “anachronism” in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez used her address to the assembly on Tuesday to blast Britain for refusing to engage in dialogue with Buenos Aires over the Falklands, known to Latin Americans as the Malvinas. Britain will not discuss ceding sovereignty to Spain without the consent of the residents of the Rock, British Prime Minister David Cameron said earlier this month in a message to mark Gibraltar’s national day. Madrid, however, says sovereignty is a matter exclusively for the Spanish and British governments. Gibraltar, a territory of 5.5 sq. kilometers (2.1 sq. miles) at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, has been held by Britain since 1704 and became a British Crown Colony in 1713 under the Treaty of Utrecht. Britain has occupied the Falklands since 1833.
Argentine troops invaded the South Atlantic archipelago on April 2, 1982, at the order of the military junta then in power in Buenos Aires. Fighting officially began on May 1, 1982, with the arrival of a British task force, and ended 45 days later with the surrender of the Argentines. The conflict claimed nearly 1,000 lives – some 700 Argentines and 255 British soldiers and sailors. (Prensa Latina contributed to this report).
