Thursday, April 17, 2008

Daily Headlines: April 17, 2008

* Peru: The country’s Supreme Court upheld a six-year jail sentence against former president Alberto Fujimori while he continues to stand trial for human rights abuses.

* Honduras: In order to curb rising food prices (and avoid violence like in Haiti) the government started a program designed to increase agrarian output.

* Bolivia: Ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada is being sued in a U.S. federal court over deaths caused during protests in 2003.

* Chile: The country’s education minister was booted from her post due to alleged accounting irregularities.

Sources- Associated Press, The Latin Americanist, Guardian UK, CNN, MSNBC

Image- Christian Science Monitor

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