Daily Headlines: July 2, 2009

* Puerto Rico: The bullet-ridden house where Puerto Rican nationalist leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios was killed in 2005 may become a museum in his name.

* Mexico: Remittances to Mexico plummeted by a whopping 19.9% in May as the country falls deeper into a recession.

* Brazil: Investigators believe that Air France Flight 447 broke up in mid-air before crashing off the Brazilian coast.

* Bolivia: Bolivian president Evo Morales lashed out against the Obama administration’s decision to cut APTA trade benefits and accused him of breaking his promises made during the Summit of the Americas.

Image- New York Times (“A mural of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, who became an independence icon after being killed in a gun battle with F.B.I. agents.”)
Online Sources- Guardian UK, BBC News, BusinessWeek, The Latin Americanist, New York Times