Daily Headlines: September 14, 2007

* Follow-up: Newly released documents in the case against a Mexican priest accused of child abuse suggested that Mexico City Cardinal Norberto Rivera (image) tried to cover up the allegations before transferring the priest to California.

* The head of Puerto Rico’s pro-independence party claimed that U.S. politicos will soon approve a plebiscite on the island’s political status.

* Colombia’s top cocaine capo offered a $5 million bribe to his captors after being caught earlier this week.

* The publisher of Nicaragua’s largest newspaper lashed out at president Daniel Ortega after being forced to pay nearly $2 million in back taxes.

Sources (English)- Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist, Yahoo! News, The Telegraph

Source (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Image- Catholic News Service