Daily Headlines: June 18, 2008

* Caribbean: Tourism throughout the Caribbean has been hurt as airline fares increase and flights to the region have been slashed.

* U.S.: The New York-based consulates of nine Latin American countries have united in a coalition designed to “improve services for their immigrant communities”.

* Mexico: U.S. food officials cleared Guatemala and a part of Mexico from being the source of tainted tomatoes that have spread salmonella.

* Cuba: The first public images of Fidel Castro in roughly six months were revealed Tuesday night as Castro met with his brother, (Cuban President Raul Castro), and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Sources- Canadian Press, newsday.com, Reuters, YouTube, Bloomberg