Friday, February 8, 2008

Daily Headlines: February 8, 2008

* Former Mexican Foreign Secretary Jorge Castaneda rejected reports that he was a Cuban spy in the 1970s.

* A recent poll showed that Chilean president Michelle Bachelet’s popularity has gone down to 43%.

* Thousand of protestors marched in Cuzco, Peru against a proposal that would make it easier to construct near ancient cultural sites.

* Follow-up: Remember the Viradouro samba school that was denied using a Brazilian carnival float depicting holocaust victims? They came in seventh while carnival judges gave Beija Flor their fifth title in six years.

Sources- BBC News, Associated Press, The Latin Americanist, Los Angeles Times, Angus Reid Global Monitor

Image- Univision.com

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