Daily headlines: March 01, 2007

* Ultimatum by the U.S. federal government to schools in Virginia- give students learning English the same proficiency exams as native speakers or you receive no more federal funds.

* This year will be the beginning of “the end of the long domination” of Cuba by Fidel Castro, said U.S. National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell during a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday.

* Bolivian president Evo Morales declared the entire country as a “National Disaster” due to weeks of heavy rains and widespread flooding.

* Haiti’s government will collapse unless it receives cooperation from the international community, according to a senior U.N. official.

* The remains of fourteen Colombians killed by right-wing paramilitaries were unearthed in order to receive proper funerals.

Links- WTOP, Examiner.com, Prensa Latina, The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune

Image- WJLA