Daily Headlines: August 3, 2007

* Two months suspension without pay was the punishment handed down by the employer of a Spanish-language news anchor implicated in an extramarital affair with the mayor of Los Angeles.

* Did party-going and drunkenness cost Brazil its shot at winning last year’s soccer World Cup?

* Automakers are looking at Latin America as the next burgeoning car market.

* Jose Miguel Insulza- Secretary General of the Organization of American States- praised Latin America’s economy as well as the “good leaders in the region."

* It’s a small wonder Colombians get work done when their country leads the world with the most federal holidays at 18 each year.

Image- globeandmail.com (According to the caption “Newscaster Mirthala Salinas, left, walks with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in June, 2006”)

Sources- ABC News, Canada.com, People’s Daily Online, Washington Post, AHN