Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Daily Headlines: October 9, 2007

*“It's impossible to try to stop (illegal immigration) with a fence,” said Mexican president Felipe Calderon in an interview.

* Could Alberto Fujimori be the first of numerous ex-Latin American leaders to be put on trial for human rights and/or corruption charges?

* Despite heavy religious opposition a Colombian court last week ruled to grant gay couples the same social security rights as straight couples.

* Follow-up: Europe’s governing body on soccer is investigating Brazilian goalkeeper Dida for his theatrics after being touched by a Celtic fan during a Champions League match.

Sources- The Latin Americanist, AFP, Bloomberg, International Herald Tribune, Reuters

Image- MSNBC

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"It's especially hard to defeat illegal immigration when the country they are immigrating from is supportive of their leaving. "

I'm waiting for that to be a quote of the day.

Anonymous said...

Hear hear, Monty. Well said.

Erwin C. said...

You might want to check out this video interview of ex-Mexican president Vicente Fox acknowledging the push and pull factors behind immigration.

Calderon's quote may've been a nice sound bit, but Fox' comments show that immigration is a complex issue.