Daily Headlines: April 26, 2007

* Here’s one candidate that could have been added to this week’s “Weekly Debate”: Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (image) is in favor of building a border fence and a plan to legalize illegal immigrants.

* Did you know that Uruguay has the highest prices for gasoline in Latin America at over $5 a gallon!

* While New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg wraps up his trip to Mexico, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is preparing for his visit next month to Mexico and El Salvador.

* Good news for Mexico and Brazil: foreign investment in both countries has grown to record levels.

* Tensions increased between coca farmers and police in Peru yesterday.

Links- Gothamist, LA Daily News, Bloomberg, People’s Daily Online, Christian Science Monitor, The Latin Americanist, Living in Peru, Mercopress

Image- NPR