Daily Headlines: June 08, 2007

* In response to Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega’s visit to Iran, a pair of Floridian Congressmen criticized him as well as Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Iran’s Mahmud Ahmadinejad as a “new trio of tyrants.”

* The Panama Canal’s expansion will commence in August, said a top canal official Wednesday.

* Canadian energy firm Sherritt International signed a deal to invest over $1 billion in Cuba.

* Hugo Chavez alluded to expanding the role of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas trade bloc to develop “a joint defense strategy.”

* The Christian Science Monitor focuses on Colombia’s chief prosecutor and looks at how far he will go in investigating politicians’ ties to paramilitary groups.

* Follow-up: Mexican community groups in New York City have questioned claims made by recent study suggesting that there’s a “baby boom” of kids born to Mexican parents residing in the “Big Apple”. (Original story in this post).

Sources (English)- New York Times, The Latin Americanist, El Universal, Reuters, CNN, Christian Science Monitor

Sources (Spanish)- HoyInternet.com

Image- Fox News (2006 photo of Daniel Ortega after winning Nicaragua’s presidential elections)