Daily headlines: January 31, 2007

* Photos like the ones on the left are provided via a BBC News pictorial on the popular fairs in Bolivia. Absolutely breathtaking.

* Veteran Brazilian soccer striker Ronaldo completed an almost $10 million transfer from Spain’s Real Madrid to AC Milan.

* French Socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal wrapped up a tour of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the hopes that voters there could give her the advantage in this April’s elections.

* A study from the U.N. said that global tourism set record highs in 2006, yet the Americas posted the weakest growth of any region.

* Wanted by Peru: a close advisor to Bolivian president Evo Morales who is accused of helping left-wing guerillas.

* Quick follow-up: extradition of ex-Argentina president Isabel Peron to Spain could take at least a year to complete. (Original blog post on Peron’s arrest can be read here).

Links- Jamaica Gleaner, ESPN Soccernet, BBC News, CBS News, International Herald Tribune, Guardian UK, The Latin Americanist

Image- BBC News

Tags- Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Latin America, Peru, Argentina, culture, sport, Tourism, international politics