Thursday, January 24, 2008

Daily Headlines: January 24, 2008

* A leading Cuban dissident called last Sunday’s parliamentary elections “a farce”.

* Colombian defense minister Juan Manuel Santos rejected any future mediation by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez with guerillas.

* Amazon rainforest deforestation skyrocketed in the last five months of 2007 according to a Brazilian government study.

* Follow-up: Mexican police arrested a suspect accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol on Saturday.

Sources- AFP, BBC News, FT.com, Guardian UK, MSNBC, The Latin Americanist

Image- MWC News

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