Thursday, October 18, 2007

Daily Headlines: October 18, 2007

* “The (Venezuelan) government is reducing more and more the room for dissent”, said Marcel Granier- CEO of the “shutdown”-affected Radio Caracas Television.

* Pope Benedict XVI named 23 new cardinals Wednesday including one each from Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.

* Twelve people were killed during raids conducted by police in two Rio de Janeiro favelas.

* A report by the International Monetary Fund warned that economic growth in latin America may slow down over the next 14 months.

Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, El Universal, Associated Press, Guaridna UK, Bloomberg

Sources (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Image- mediachannel.org

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Grainer is a funny man, he thinks that he has a right to advocate the overthrow of a democratically elected government and not pay the price for it.