Daily briefs: February 08, 2007

Note: Apologies for the late posting today; we were delayed by a few hours due to Blogger updates.

* The petty bickering between Washington and Caracas continues as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice deemed Hugo Chavez’ (image) policies as “destroying” democracy.

* Costa Rica deported almost 3000 illegal immigrants last month including 5 U.S. citizens.

* The Bush administration will ask Congress to give $3.9 billion in anti-drug aid to Colombia.

* Strange bedfellows as Peruvian president Alan Garcia and former rival for president Ollanta Humala agree on several constitutional reforms.

Links- Voice of America, People’s Daily Online, Reuters AlertNet, Living in Peru

Image- earthtimes.org