Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Daily Headlines: May 28, 2008

* Puerto Rico: Congrats to actor Benicio Del Toro who won the best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

* Mexico: Seven federal police officers were killed and another four were wounded after a drug raid in northwest Mexico.

* Ecuador: According to the results of a poll released on Monday, 41% of Ecuadorians would support a government-backed constitutional referendum.

* Caribbean: Bahamian police fund the dead bodies of four people believed to be Haitian migrants.

Sources- Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC, Reuters UK, CNN

Image- New York Daily News (“Benicio Del Toro sports Che-like beard for filming of the rebel's two-part biopic.”)


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