Daily Headlines: August 4, 2009

* 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