* Colombia: Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures are vying to make a film based on the July 2008 rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and fourteen other hostages from the Colombian jungle.
* Nicaragua: This month Nicaragua will begin operating 19 windmills designed to contribute 6% of the country’s power.
* Peru: Peru’s main stock index plunged by 60% in 2008, more than any other Latin American index.
* El Salvador: Salvadoran troops stationed in Iraq are expected to start returning home by the end of this month or early February.
Image- Guardian UK
Online Sources- AFP, Reuters, Xinhua, MSNBC
Friday, January 2, 2009
Daily Headlines: January 2, 2009
Labels:
Colombia,
Daily Headlines,
El Salvador,
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Ingrid Betancourt,
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