Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Daily Headlines: July 8, 2009

* Central America: Is the chaos in Honduras a mere appetizer to future unrest throughout Central America? The Inter-American Dialogue’s Manuel Orozco thinks so.

* Bolivia: Bolivian authorities raided a massive cocaine-making lab capable of generating 220 pounds of the narcotic per day.

* Panama: Where will ex-strongman Manuel Noriega’s head off to? He hopes it isn’t France where he awaits trial.

* Cuba: The White House is pushing for voluntary admissions to be used in Gitmo trials in order to decrease the chance of verdicts being overturned.

Image- PRESS TV
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, Foreign Policy, BBC News, MSNBC, Reuters

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