* Peru: According to the World Bank, Peru may be the only Latin American country to avoid being hit by recession this year.
* Venezuela: Former senior State Department official Otto Reich denied being involved in the failed 2002 coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
* Argentina: Juan Roman Riquelme quit the country’s national soccer team and declared that he will never play under new coach Diego Maradona.
* Brazil: Police arrested 72 people accused of participating in a wild animal trafficking ring.
Image- ABC News (Tourists visiting the ancient Incan ruins of Macchu Pichu)
Online Sources- Voice of America, Reuters, IHT, AFP
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Daily Headlines: March 12, 2009
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