* Argentina: Families of the near 200 victims of 2004’s deadly Cromagnon nightclub fire were outraged at the moderate sentence given against the club’s manager as well as the absolution of the band whose fireworks caused the blaze.* Mexico: Mexico City’s progressive government has gone ahead and banned stores from using environmentally harmful plastic bags.
* Ecuador: French oil company Perenco and Ecuador’s government continue to be at odds in a heated tax dispute.
* U.S.: Five people received sentences ranging from 30 to 40 years in jail after being convicted of forcing Guatemalan women to work as prostitutes in Los Angeles.
Image- AP (“A relative of a victim of a nightclub fire leaves a courtroom in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009. Concert promoters, a police supervisor, city inspectors and a band manager were convicted and given prison terms in the 2004 Cromagnon nightclub fire that killed around 190 people. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko).”)
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Regarding the first bit of news from Argentina...
ReplyDeleteThe "firework" wasn't set off by the band, but by a spectator, sadly. It is still unknown what fan lit the one that set the club on fire.