Daily headlines: November 20th

* Electoral authorities in Ecuador halted the bank accounts of presidential candidates Alvaro Noboa (image) and Rafael Correa due to campaign overspending.

* A New York court ruled on Friday to free $91 million of Cuba’s frozen assets in order to pay the families of two Americans killed during the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.

* Costa Rican president Oscar Arias is calling for harsher controls of the weapons trade in Latin America.

* Nicaragua’s president signed into law a bill passed last month that bans all types of abortions even if the expecting mother was raped and/or her health is at risk.

* Once again, violence marred this weekend’s soccer league action in Argentina as fans blocking team buses forced the postponement of the San Lorenzo-Racing Club match.

Links- People’s Daily Online, Guardian UK, New York Newsday, BBC, The Latin Americanist (blog)

Image- Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tags-Cuba, Costa Rica, Argentina, Nicaragua, Ecuador