Daily Headlines: March 3, 2008

* The European Union has eased a good part of a ban placed last month on Brazilian beef.

* Food aid distributed by USAID to countries worldwide including Latin America will be “significantly scaled back” according to the Washington Post.

* Is Cuba’s signing of two international human rights treaties previously rejected by Fidel Castro a sign of change on the island?

* Bolivia’s government has designated May 4^th as the date for a constitutional referendum.

Sources- Voice of America, Belfast Telegraph, The Latin Americanist, Reuters UK, Washington Post

Image- BBC News