Monday, June 15, 2009

Daily Headlines: June 15, 2009

* Cuba: Cuban neurosurgeon and dissident Hilda Molina reunited with her family in Argentina for the first time in fifteen years after being given permission to leave the island.

* Nicaragua: The Venezuelan government has pledged to give Nicaragua $50 million of the $62 million in aid which was cut days ago by the U.S. via the Millennium Challenge Corporation fund.

* Bolivia: Fidel Castro “feels very well, and as always is concerned about health policies, social policies, economic policies,” according to Bolivian President Evo Morales who visited him in Havana last week.

* Argentina: Has the Argentine government led a campaign of “economic warfare” against residents of the nearby, British-controlled Falkland Islands?

Image- AFP (Hilda Molina is seen pictured with her grandson after meeting yesterday in Argentina.)
Online Sources- BBC News, The Latin Americanist, LAHT, Guardian UK, CNN

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