Daily headlines: February 21, 2007

* Songs satirizing the U.N.’s mission in Haiti have become all the rage during the country’s carnival celebrations.

* As part of his plan to combat corruption in law enforcement, Mexican president Felipe Calderon said that soldiers will get a retroactive 46% pay increase.

* Chilean stocks plummeted to its lowest point since a region wide stock slump in June 2006.

* Peruvian president Alan Garcia responded strongly to “outlandish” accusations by former presidential candidate Ollanta Humala.

* Did you know that the leading opposition figure to Colombia’s president is a former guerilla member?

* Some insight into the infamous 1969 “Soccer War” between El Salvador and Honduras via the Guardian UK.

Links- International Herald Tribune, USA TODAY, Reuters, The Latin Americanist, Living in Peru, Newsday, Guardian UK

Image- CNN (Haitians enjoying carnival in 2003)