Monday, March 5, 2007

Daily headlines: March 05, 2007

* Argentina’s government rejected a British invitation to participate in an event later this month commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War.

* Colombian prosecutors ordered the arrest of Alvaro Araujo Noguera- a regional political boss and father of recently resigned Foreign Minister Maria Consuelo Araujo.

* Dissidents in Cuba are not too happy with the supposed improvement in Fidel Castro’s health.

* Chile’s Supreme court may decide by May on whether to extradite disgraced ex-president Alberto Fujimori back to Peru to face charges of corruption and human rights violations.

* Ex-presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre wants the return of a pair of manuscripts by famed Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario that were given as a gift to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

* “Human error” is to blame for the helicopter crash that killed Ecuador’s first female Defense Minister in January.

* German drugmaker Bayer AG will cut 1200 jobs in Canada and Latin America.


Links- earthtimes.org, Reuters AlertNet, The Latin Americanist, Business Day, CNN, Living in Peru, Guardian UK,CCTV International, Canadian Business

Image- healthdiaries.com (Sign in Argentina claiming that “The Falklands belong to Argentina”)


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