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La teledifusión iraní en Latinoamérica

Los desafíos para la teledifusión internacional y la diplomacia pública de Estados Unidos siguen aumentando. Junto a China y Rusia, Irán también alberga la ambición de ser una potencia global y está haciendo avances con su poder blando en Latinoamérica (y no es que haya algo de “blando” en torno al poder blando iraní).
Parte de la explicación es que Irán está desesperado por mejorar su imagen y su economía ya que se enfrenta a sanciones a mayor escala y a un potencial embargo petrolero por parte de Europa. Irán también puede estar concentrando sus iniciativas propagandísticas sobre Latinoamérica para cimentar su influencia en la diáspora chiíta libanesa en la región, donde su aliado Hizbolá ha echado raíces.

Governor appoints Senator Connie Lawson as new Secretary of State

INDIANAPOLIS (March
16, 2011) – Governor Mitch Daniels today appointed Indiana State Senator Connie
Lawson, of Danville, as the new Indiana Secretary of State, effective
immediately.

“Connie was an
obvious choice. Indiana has probably never been served by a Secretary of State
better prepared on day one,” said Daniels. “I want to reiterate our thanks to
the staff of the office, and in particular, Jerry Bonnet, for their superb
professionalism during some difficult months. Thanks to them, the public has
been well served every day.”

Bonnet was
appointed interim Secretary of State on February 4. He has resigned from the
interim role and will return to his previous duties.

Carnaval Internacional de Mazatlán 2012

Lions on the Brink - Mending Fences between Humans and Lions May Save the Species

Tigers, yes. Cheetahs, absolutely. Snow leopards, of course. Even people who are not expert at biology or the environment probably recognize that many of the world’s species of large cats are in danger of extinction. But lions? These large and formidable predators do not readily come to mind when one thinks of all the animals in Africa that face challenges to their very survival. And yet African lion populations have decreased by half in the last two decades, and their long term survival outside of national parks and designated reserves is currently untenable.

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Officials: US soldier in Afghanistan shooting spree said 'I did it'

By Jim Miklaszewski, NBC News chief Pentagon correspondent

Defense officials have told NBC News that the Army staff sergeant who allegedly shot and killed 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, admitted his actions to fellow soldiers just before he was taken into custody.

"I did it," he is said to have told them.

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