* Peru: According to one report, thirty-three countries- including Peru- are “highly vulnerable” of having their fishing industry suffer due to climate change.
* Mexico: While Mexico has its first bilingual state, parents in Virginia are calling for continued funding of bilingual education classes.
* Brazil: A federal judge has refused to toss out a tax evasion case against race driver Helio Castroneves.
* Haiti: Eleven U.S. legislators have signed a letter calling for an investigation of the Bush administration's role in the 2004 coup d’état in Haiti.
Image- daylife.com (“Hundred of "Guanay" birds fly around a fishing boat next to Asia Island in Peru, Friday, July 4, 2008.”)
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, BBC News, UPI, washingtonpost.com, haitiaction.net
Friday, February 6, 2009
Daily Headlines: February 6, 2009
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