* Peru: The country’s Shining Path guerillas are undergoing a resurgence with their latest attack on the southern lowland city of Ayacucho killing five people.
* Bolivia: In a pioneering step, Bolivia has become the first South American state where indigenous people can govern themselves.
* Brazil: Did you know that the number of Twitter users is growing faster than most countries like the U.S. and Japan?
* Mexico: According to a survey of local analysts, Mexico’s economy will go down by a whopping 6.9% this year.
Image- CNN (“Police in Lima, Peru, carry coffins of officers killed in a November ambush by suspected Shining Path rebels”.)
Online Sources- Bloomberg, LAHT, Reuters, MercoPress
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Daily Headlines: August 4, 2009
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