Friday, December 28, 2007

Daily Headlines: December 28, 2007

* Cuba’s oil output “rose only slightly” this year yet fills nearly half of the country’s fuel needs, according to the state media.

* Over 70,000 handguns have been destroyed in Argentina as part of a special gun control program.

* Was there a plot to assassinate Hugo Chavez in Guatemala? The Venezuelan president thought so.

* Follow-up: “At no time did I order assassinations or disappearances” said former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori as his trial for human rights abuses continues.

Sources- Xinhua, Associated Press, Reuters UK, Houston Chronicle, AFP, The Latin Americanist

Image- MSNBC

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