Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Daily Headlines: October 22, 2008

* Latin America: Currencies throughout the region fell in value yesterday partly over anxiety from the global financial crisis.

* Bolivia: More deals were made between Congress and President Evo Morales over land reform and the control of indigenous courts.

* U.S.: According to a study 58% of children and adolescents in the U.S. without health care are more likely to be Hispanic than white, non-Hispanic.

* Argentina: Ten private pension funds will be nationalized to the price tag of $30 billion in a plan pushed by President Cristina Fernandez.

Image- ABC News
Sources- BBC News, washingtonpost.com, Los Angeles Times, The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg

2 comments:

boz said...

That would be $30 billion in Argentina. With a "b". Makes the issue a bit more important :)

Erwin C. said...

Yes, you're right. The post has been corrected and thanks for pointing out the original typo!