Monday, June 23, 2008

Daily Headlines: June 23, 2008

* Latin America: From Colombia to Nicaragua – a look at how protest movements have appeared due to Facebook.

* Cuba: Fidel Castro called last week’s decision by the European Union to drop diplomatic sanctions against Cuba an “enormous hypocrisy.”

* Haiti: A UNICEF report found that kidnapped children in Haiti have been “raped, tortured and murdered.”

* U.S.: Has the immigration crackdown in the U.S. led to “a modest positive impact” for job seekers?

Image- economist.com (February 2008 protest in Colombia which arose from a Facebook entry)

Sources- washingtonpost.com, The Latin Americanist, AHN, Christian Science Monitor, CNN

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