Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Daily Headlines: August 6, 2008

* South America: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for a regional alliance to be made with Argentina and Brazil as the heads of state for those countries met for an “impromptu” summit on Monday.

* Latin America: Countries throughout the region must do more to prevent crime, according to this op/ed piece by a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution.

* Dominican Republic: Speaking of crime in the Americas, seven people were found killed execution-style on a Dominican beach.

* Caribbean: Medical schools in New York City are none too please over a contract signed between city-owned hospitals and a school on the Caribbean island of Grenada.

Image- AFP (“Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela” after their meeting on Monday.)

Sources- UPI, miamiherald.com, Reuters, Xinhua, AFP


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