Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Daily Headlines: August 12, 2008

* U.S.: Univision news anchor Maria Elena Salinas blasts “Operation Scheduled Departure”- the self-deportation program by U.S. immigration authorities that seems to have been a failure.

* South America: Here’s a unique arrangement – Venezuela provides medical equipment to Cuba and in return gets animals to fill its “depleted zoos.”

* Colombia: The Uribe love-feast continues as election authorities consider a petition calling for Colombia’s president to serve an unprecedented third term.

* Mexico: Mexico City’s government introduced an initiative designed to provide rewards for information on kidnappings.

Sources- Reuters UK, MSNBC, Monsters & Critics, HanfordSentinel.com, The Latin Americanist

Image- New York Times (“María Elena Salinas on the set of the Spanish-language news program, Noticiero Univision, in Doral, Fla.”)


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