Daily headlines: March 16, 2007

* The head of Cuba’s National Assembly said that Fidel Castro could return as the island’s leader next year.

* Peru’s government admitted to paying over $300,000 to a U.S. legal firm in order to lobby for a free trade deal.

* Mexico, Paraguay, and Chile have shown interest in purchasing several outdated warplanes from Taiwan.

* A Honduras hospital was shut down when a deadly bacteria strain killed six newborns in two days.

* Venezuela estimates that its planned takeover of foreign oil projects in the Orinoco basin will be completed within the next six months.

* The World Bank approved nearly $200 million in loans designed for “poverty reduction efforts” in Colombia.

Links- Guardian UK, Living in Peru, CNN, MarketWatch, Monsters & Critics, People’s Daily Online

Image- Sergei Cartoons