Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Daily Headlines: December 16, 2008

* U.S: The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision against four British detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison who claimed that they were tortured.

* Uruguay: The country’s ruling party has backed a former leader of the Tupamaros guerillas to run for the presidency.

* Bolivia: One dead and at least five injured was the result of clashes between police and protestors demonstrating against a ban on imported cars.

* Mexico: Four police officers in Ciudad Juarez were murdered during a thirty-minute spurt of violence.

Image- AFP (“A bird flying above the razorwire-topped fence of the "Camp Five" detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.”)
Sources- Reuters, Monsters & Critics, MSNBC, Voice of America

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Re: Uruguay story. Mujica was a leader of the Tupamaros (not Montoneros -- they were next door in Argentina).

Erwin C. said...

Thanks Anon. The post has bee corrected