Daily headlines: February 02, 2007

* The Economist takes a look at the measures taken by El Salvador’s government to combat rampant gang violence.

* Businesses in Trinidad and Tobago are turning up the pressure against the government to fight growing crime in the country.

* Over 1100 Colombians have been killed by the country’s largest paramilitary group including kidnap victims, according to figures released by a Colombian NGO.

* Via Global Voices Online: Blogger Tinta Digital wonders if the mainstreaming of blogs in Puerto Rico has trivialized its meaning.

* 53 people were arrested and deported to Mexico, Central America, and other countries on Wednesday as part of an immigration raid of a Texas trash collection plant.

* A group of 105 Guatemalan soldiers are slated to go to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission.

* Quick follow-up: Argentine protestors upset at plans to build paper mills near the border with Uruguay have blocked several key roads between both countries.

Links- The Economist, Caribbean Net News, Tinta Digital, Global Voices Online, The Latin Americanist, NewsRoom Finland, Prensa Latina, Guardian UK, People’s Daily Online

Image- theconnesction.org (El Salvadoran gang member in jail)

Tags- gangs, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, finance, Argentina, Uruguay, Guatemala, Central America, Mexico, armed conflict, immigration, Colombia