Thursday, May 14, 2009

Daily Headlines: May 14, 2009

* Latin America: Over two months after visiting Mexico U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she will tour El Salvador and Honduras in early June.

* Mexico: Researchers concluded that the gene map of Mexicans is one-of-a-kind and “that a full-scale genomic mapping project would be wise both scientifically and economically.”

* Chile: Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will meet for the second time with Barack Obama at the White House on June 23.

* Brazil: The country’s main stock index plummeted in trading on Wednesday to its lowest point in two months.

Image- AFP
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, Xinhua, Bloomberg, MercoPress, Reuters

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