Daily Headlines: July 30, 2007

* Follow-up #1: Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori lost his bid for election in Japan’s legislature while he remains in house arrest in Chile.

* Follow-up #2: The same Mexican rebel faction involved in a series of pipeline bombings earlier this month claimed to have attacked a federal jail in Chiapas.

* Looking for greater autonomy, Puerto Rico's ruling party approved a measure asking for the U.N. to review the island’s political status.

* Did you know that over 3700 Venezuelans have received political asylum in the U.S. since 1999?

* A U.S. jury acquitted coal firm Drummond of liability in the deaths of three Colombian labor leaders.

Sources- The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg, Reuters AlertNet, ABCmoney.co.uk, Yahoo! News, Reuters

Image- Andina (Protestors seeks Alberto Fujimori’s extradition to Peru)