* Cuba: Bloggers and the mainstream press have been highly critical of Mexican ex-foreign minister Jorge Castañeda’s claim that Hugo Chavez plotted to overthrow the Castro regime.
* Uruguay: The country’s legislature passed a bill permitting terminally ill patients the opportunity to reject “life-prolonging treatments.”
* Ecuador: Between fifty and eighty additional troops were recently deployed along Ecuador’s border with Colombia.
* Peru: British researchers studied a Peruvian hospital and concluded that ultraviolet lights may drastically reduce the spread of tuberculosis in medical clinics.
Image- Guardian UK
Online Sources- CNN, Machetera, Reuters, Xinhua, AFP
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Daily Headlines: March 19, 2009
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