Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Daily Headlines: November 4, 2008

Note: Since our upcoming posts will focus on the U.S. elections, today’s batch of “Headlines” is going to be longer than usual.

* Latin America: Congrats to Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil and Britain’s Lewis Hamilton for winning the New York Marathon and Formula One championship, respectively.

* Dominican Republic: Five migrants who survived being lost at sea for over two weeks resorted to cannibalism to stay alive.

* Cuba: The island is hosting its annual trade fair which is expected to be attended by thousands of foreign business representatives.

* Colombia: Indigenous protests continued into a fourth week after talks between native leaders and President Alvaro Uribe failed.

* Mexico: Two senior police officers were among the 29 people killed in drug gang-related violence on Monday.

* Argentina: Believe it or not, Diego Maradona will become the next coach of the Argentine men’s soccer team.

* Venezuela: “The ideas of the ruling team are very bad ideas” said ex-Polish leader Lech Walesa in his criticism of Venezuela’s government.

* Peru: Rest in peace Yma Sumac, the "Nightingale of the Andes."

Sources- Metafilter, YouTube, Reuters, New York Times, IHT, CNN, IPS, Reuters, MSNBC, Canadian Press

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