Daily Headlines: October 8, 2007

* Follow-up: Argentina’s increasingly popular rugby squad moved on to the semifinals of the Rugby World Cup after holding on to beat Scotland 19-13.

* "We have contingency plans for a possible massive exodus," said Caleb McCarry- the U.S. Cuba Transition Coordinator- last week.

* According to data obtained by AFP, famous Marxist rebel Ché Guevara was the target of an operation headed by right-wing Latin American dictators.

* The International Court of Justice is expected later today to rule on a maritime border dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras.

* The new U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela expressed a conciliatory tone to the Chavez administration. How long that lasts is anybody’s guess.

Sources- The Latin Americanist, CNN, AFP, International Herald Tribune, earthtimes.org

Image- Al Jazeera