In order to make up for the lack of posts last week, here are several headlines that were in the news over the past few days:
Monday May 28
* Radio Caracas Television ceased its transmission after not getting its broadcast license renewed, but the network has continued its transmissions via alternate means. (See Thursday May 31).
* Miss Japan won the 2007 Miss Universe pageant despite several pre-contest favorites from the
* Recently escaped Colombian police officer Jhon Frank Pinchao tells the Colombian press that an exchange between jailed guerillas and kidnap victims “will always be the best option.”
* Remember the riots several weeks ago in
Tuesday May 29
* Bolivian president Evo Morales tries to unite other South American leaders against FIFA’s decision to ban all international matches at very high altitudes.
* Remember the brouhaha over Newt Gingrich’s remarks on Spanish being a “ghetto” language? Gingrich’s Spanish tutor tried to clarify his student’s statement in an article published in Politico.com.
* Negotiations have been “optimistic” between Argentine and Uruguayan representatives over the construction of a Finnish-owned paper mill.
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* Nicaraguan heath officials seized thousands of tubes of tainted Chinese toothpaste that was sold there and a few other Latin American countries.
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Thursday May 31
* From the boob tube to YouTube – CNN reported that Radio Caracas Television continues its daily broadcasts via popular Internet video site YouTube.
* Come back to “Macondo” – Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez returned to the town that inspired him to write "100 Years of Solitude."
* In an article published in the International Herald Tribune, a law study concluded that verdicts in asylum cases in the
Friday June 1
* “Jesus loves you. I am your pastor and I will help you.” – The Guardian UK describes how religion is being used to combat violence in the slums of
* Condoleezza Rice expressed her displeasure at
* A Brazilian judge indicted two U.S. pilots and four Brazilian air traffic controllers involved in Brazil’s worst airplane accident.
Saturday June 2
* Thousands of “Chavistas” marched through
* In an interview with CNN, Cuban national assembly president Ricardo Alarcon said that Fidel Castro has “fully recovered” from the numerous surgeries he has had.
* A Caribbean connection is behind a supposed terrorist plot that was broken up by
Sunday June 3
* In an interview with the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Mexican President Felipe Calderon blamed “
* Cuban television showed the first video images of Fidel Castro since February.
* The father-in-law of a
Sources (English)- CNN, BBC News, The Latin Americanist, Guardian UK, YouTube, International Herald Tribune, Yahoo! News, Monsters & Critics, Politico.com, ABC News, Reuters AlertNet, Scientific American, Bloomberg
Sources (Spanish)- El Tiempo, El Pais, La Nacion, Sol de Mexico, RCN
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