* U.S.: Rest in peace Joe Cuba; the salsa pioneer and "Father of Latin Boogaloo" died Sunday at the age of 78.* Cuba: On the heels of last week’s visit to Cuba by Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, Guatemala’s Alvaro Colom started his state visit to the island yesterday.
* Argentina: Farmers nationwide are suffering from hard times as Argentina faces its worse drought since 1961.
* Ecuador: The global economic slowdown has hit Ecuador as remittances sent to the country plummeted by 22% in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Image- daylife.com (“Salsa pioneer and bandleader Joe Cuba and his wife, Maria Cuba, perform onstage for about 200 junior high school students Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006 in New York. The 75-year-old singer and conga drum player was onstage again after having been sick and confined to his bed for years after contracting a staff infection. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)”)
Online Sources- New York Daily News, Prensa Latina, Voice of America, Bloomberg, LAHT
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