Daily Headlines: November 7, 2007

* Sixteen people are feared dead after mudslides swept away areas of the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.

* Seventy percent of Mexicans living in California are U.S. citizens according to data released by the Census Bureau.

* Brazilian oil firm Petrobras may make significant inroads in Bolivia according to the company’s CEO.

* U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama flew to Puerto Rico on Monday and met with the commonwealth’s governor before heading to a fundraiser in San Juan.

* Follow-up: Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez teased U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney for erroneously calling Chavez the leader of Peru.

Sources- AHN, Monsters & Critics, UPI, KGBT, Associated Press, Reuters, The Latin Americanist

Image- New York Times