Posts Tagged ‘President’

Chile miners rescue final phase in motion (LIVE VIDEO)

Copiapo, Chile – After 69 days of confinement at the bottom of a reservoir in San Jose, near Copiapo, begins the final chapter of the rescue of the 33 miners. Family members and by standers clap and cheered as each victim is lifted through an opening of 66 cm in width to the 627 meters [...]

President Rafael Correa not backing down against police revolt

The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, declared a state of emergency after a week of being attacked by a group of disgruntled military police and rebels in Quito. The protests broke out fallowing the reduction of incentives to Ecuadorian Police force. Authorities said a group of rebels took control of the Mariscal Sucre International Airport [...]

52 percent of New York is against building the mosque

U.S. President, Barack Obama, supported the construction of a mosque near the “Ground Zero” in New York, the site where the Twin Towers once stood and later destroyed in 2001 by terrorist attacks by individuals confessed to be of the Islamic religion. The statement comes amid a controversy that promote right-wing sectors, among which are [...]

President Obama takes on LeBron James in a pick-up basketball game

Yes, U.S president Obama. While I’m not exactly sure of the size of our president (height), I’m aware that the boys he’s going up against are the elite NBA athletes. I’m talking NBA all-star as in LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, Carmelo Anthony, Derek Fisher, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups, David West and [...]