Daily Headlines: July 05, 2007

* Venezuela agreed to sell gasoline to Iran after the heads of state for both countries met in Tehran earlier this week.

* “In terms of a short term response, it is quite remarkable how Cuba, under its economic conditions, managed to solve (their energy) crisis,” declared a U.N. official yesterday.

* Poachers are believed to be behind the deaths of eight endangered tortoises on the Galapagos Islands.

* U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza said that he will not quit his post to run for governor of Texas.

* Striking Bolivian miners refused to negotiate with the government.

* Follow-up: In a close final vote in Guatemala City yesterday, Sochi, Russia was selected as the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Sources- CNN, International Herald Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Reuters AlertNet, The Latin Americanist, Canada.com

Image- BBC News (Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez meets with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, earlier this week)