Daily Headlines: August 21, 2007

* Ex-Argentine president Carlos Menem’s political comeback was cut embarassingly short after getting trounced in a provincial election.

* In El Salvador, scientists discovered the Mayan version of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

* Mexico’s peso fell to its lowest point since July 2006.

* Follow-up: A silver lining amidst the great tragedy and suffering from last week’s deadly earthquakes in Peru is the creation of at least 8000 reconstruction jobs.

Sources- Bloomberg, Reuters UK, Wikipedia, Newsday

Image- Telegraph.co.uk (2003 photo of Carlos Menem)