Thursday, March 27, 2008

Daily Headlines: March 27, 2008

* Guatemalan officials charged a pair of lawyers with human trafficking over possibly illegal child adoptions.

* The jailed leader of the Colonia Dignidad- a cult-like German colony in Chile- received an extra three-year sentence on charges of torture.

* Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed a new tax on oil companies due to their “unexpected earnings” in the global market.

* Will the Ecuadorian constitution be modified to permit presidential reelections?

Sources- Associated Press, People’s Daily Online, Wikipedia, International Herald Tribune, Xinhua

Image- BBC News

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