Daily Headlines: October 12, 2007

* Is Venezuela involved in mining “blood diamonds”?

* Urbanization in Latin America has skyrocketed over the past thirty years, according to a recently released U.N. report.

* Popular video site YouTube launched its own portal for Mexico yesterday which would highlight videos uploaded by Mexicans.

* Follow-up: Closing arguments were heard in the case of thirty Nicaraguan laborers who claimed became severely sick after working with a banned pesticide.

Sources (English)- Xinhua, AFP, San Jose Mercury News, SignOnSanDiego.com, The Latin Americanist

Sources (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Image- MSNBC