* Once again, Colombian president Alvaro Uribe compared the conditions of hostages held by rebels to “Hitler’s concentration camps.”* Congrats to actress America Ferrara who will receive the Hispanic Woman of the Year award from the Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. (Hat tip: Hispanic Tips).
* Accurate observation or Chicken Little mentality? – the head of Nicaragua’s largest foreign business group said that the government is “scaring away U.S. investors.”
* According to U.S. immigration authorities about 1100 of the more than 1300 illegal immigrants arrested in the last two weeks of raids came from Mexico.
* Nearly one in four three in five [ed. sorry for the typo] Bolivians backs president Evo Morales, concludes a recent poll.
Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune, Hispanic Tips, Bloomberg, Wikipedia, Angus Reid Consultants
Sources (Spanish)- Milenio, El Tiempo
Image- Digger History (World War II-era propaganda poster)
"Nearly one in four Bolivians backs president Evo Morales, concludes a recent poll."
ReplyDeleteIs this a typo? The article says he has a nearly 60% approval rating, not 25% (1 in 4)...
Wow, that was a BIG typo. The post has been corrected.
ReplyDeleteThanks for pointing that out!