* Answer: $3 million. Question: What will be the cost to fix a 1.5-mile barrier inadvertently built along the Mexican side of the U.S.’ southern border?
* Could Argentina’s next president be the current First Lady? Nestor Kirchner hopes so after he said that he would not seek reelection.
* Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is backtracking from remarks suggesting that illegal immigrants from Cuba pose a terrorist threat.
* Melgar, Colombia – Popular resort town, tourist destination, and now a place to avoid according to the U.S. Embassy.
* A U.S. firm purchased the rights to a wind farm in Baja California, Mexico whose energy will be exported to California.
* A study concluded that Sao Paulo’s stock exchange is the largest in Latin America.
* Follow-up #1: Remember this quote over Africa being "under attack” by the drug trade from the Americas? Several drug traffickers from three South American countries were arrested after more than 1.25 tons of cocaine was seized in Senegal.
* Follow-up #2: As one might expect after being the target of numerous assassination attempts, Fidel Castro ain’t a happy camper.
Sources- People’s Daily Online, Boston Herald, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Yahoo! News, The Latin Americanist, Guardian UK, SignOnSanDiego.com, People’s Daily Online, BBC News
Image- sandiego.edu (Tijuana border checkpoint, circa 1950)
1 comment:
That's a lot of the white powder!
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