Daily Headlines: August 31, 2007

* A bomb scare forced the temporary evacuation of over 10,000 people from Latin America’s tallest building: the Torre Mayor skyscraper in Mexico City (image).

* At least eleven people died after two trains collided outside of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday afternoon.

* Ecuador’s government became a minority shareholder in the Telesur television network.

* A Panamanian legislator indicted for the murder of a Puerto Rican soldier during the 1989 invasion of Panama is one step closer to becoming head of the country’s parliament.

* Follow-up: Nearly 1600 Colombians who fled to Ecuador over the past week could return home after the government promised increased security.

Sources- AHN, Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune, Forbes, Reuters

Image- BBC News