Thursday, February 5, 2009

Daily Headlines: February 5, 2009

* Latin America: Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a massive snake that lived sixty million years ago, was over forty feet long, and weighed about 2500 pounds.

* Cuba: A poll revealed that most Cuban-Americans prefer keeping the trade embargo and travel restrictions on Cuba.

* Mexico: According to the International Federation of Journalists Mexico is one of the world’s deadliest countries for members of the media.

* Peru: Officials celebrated the first shipping container sent from Peru to the U.S. under the recently passed bilateral free trade pact.

Image- MSNBC (“The extinct giant snake (shown in an artist's reconstruction) would have sent even Hollywood's anacondas slithering away.”)
Online Sources- Marketwatch, BBC News, AP, Living in Peru

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The poll of Cuban Americans may not be entirely valid. An analysis here: http://cubantriangle.blogspot.com/2009/02/push-polling-in-miami.html.

Anonymous said...

That Cuban poll comes from a hard right conservative American - Cuban advocacy group. Not to be trusted.