Daily headlines: November 7th

* Over the weekend, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez threatened with stopping shipments of oil to the U.S., while tens of thousands of people marched through Caracas in support of the main opposition candidate for president, Manuel Rosales (image).

* Chilean police arrested four supposed hackers who infiltrated government websites from the Americas and Europe.

* One of Latin America’s premiere opera houses- Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colon- closed last week and will undergo 18 months of renovation.

* Petroleum giant Royal Dutch Shell began development of a massive offshore oil block located off the Brazilian coast.

* Mexico’s top electoral court and a Canadian-owned bank were two of several targets hit by small bombs on Monday.

Links- FOX News, Channel NewsAsia (Singapore), Seattle Times, Houston Chronicle, Reuters

Images- WRAL.com

Tags- Latin America