Monday, March 31, 2008

Daily Headlines: March 31, 2008

* Are attacks against “emo” youths occurring in Mexico spreading to Chile?

* Peru's cocaine industry appears to be making a comeback according to this piece originally in the Los Angeles Times.

* A former member of Argentina's armed forces suspected of abuses during the “Dirty War” has been officially extradited from Spain.

* Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA plans to expand into the South America and the Caribbean, based on a company report.

Sources- Boston Globe, Bloomberg, El Universal, The Latin Americanist, NME.com

Image- TIME (“Mexican emos are being pounced upon, turning the band Fall Out Boy's tongue-in-cheek song "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" into something unfortunately too literal.”)


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