Daily Headlines: May 02, 2007

* Freight trucks from the U.S. and Mexico will be allowed to travel on highways in both countries according to the Mexican government.

* Is this good or bad news? – A senior Iranian MP praised Latin America for having “good democratic governments.”

* U.S. banana company Chiquita (sound familiar?) posted first quarter losses partly due to problems with operations in Chile.

* Fourteen Latin American and Caribbean countries are on a special U.S. government “piracy watch list” released this week.

* Upside Down World looks at the latest legal proceedings against ex-­Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt.

Links- The Latin Americanist, Reuters, Hardbeatnews, Upside Down World, ISNA, ABC News,

Image- U.S. Department of Transportation