Daily Headlines: November 22, 2007 (PM Edition)

With the tryptophan slowly making its way through my body here’s a quick rundown of some recent headlines:

* Venezuela’s government begrudgingly accepted Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s decision to remove Hugo Chavez as mediator for negotiations with Colombia's largest guerilla army.

* Yet another reason why immigration reform in the U.S. is necessary: a backlog of citizenship applications may bar hundreds of thousands of people from voting in next year’s elections.

* Costa Rica’s free trade pact with the U.S. became law yesterday.

* Will Mexico soon ban all public smoking?

* José Feliciano y Andy Montañez are the latest celebs that have joined protestors against construction in a historic area of San Juan.

* Good news: Chile’s Congress voted to fund Santiago’s problematic transit system. Bad news: Congress allotted a mere $2.

Sources (English)- snopes.com, BBC News, Associated Press, Reuters, The Latin Americanist

Sources (Spanish)- El Tiempo, El Diario/La Prensa

Image- BBC News