Daily Headlines: June 18, 2007

* Congrats to British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton (image); the 22-year-old rookie of Guyanese background won his second straight race yesterday in Indianapolis.

* U.S. television network NBC confirmed plans to produce Spanish- and English- language versions of successful Colombian telenovela "Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso" ("Without Breasts There Is No Paradise").

* First it was Evo Morales. Then it was Hugo Chavez. Now it’s Daniel Ortega who becomes the third Latin American president in less than two weeks to visit Fidel Castro.

* “(Venezuela) is a country where economic problems are mounting and we are seeing (that) on the political and press side it's not moving in a healthy direction,” said nominee for the World Bank presidency Robert Zoellick.

* Vigilantism led to the death of three people in Guatemala who were accused of the kidnapping and murder of a nine-year-old girl.

Sources- ABC News, Miami Herald, CNN, The Latin Americanist, AHN

Image- Sydney Morning Herald