Daily Headlines: March 26, 2009

* Mexico: Authorities captured one of Mexico’s most wanted suspected drug capos hours before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit.

* Latin America: McDonald’s may’ve gone largely unscathed by the global economic recession but that may soon change according to Latin America’s largest franchise owner.

* Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez has cut the government’s budget and boosted borrowing in order “to protect social programs, the people and the workers."

* Cuba: Fidel Castro denied reports that his presidential brother fired two revolutionary stalwarts who were part of the government’s cabinet.

Image- BBC News (“Hector Huerta Rios is accused of working for the Beltran Leyva cartel.”)
Online Sources- MSNBC, The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg, Reuters, Al Jazeera English