Friday, October 2, 2009

Daily Headlines: October 2, 2009

* Latin America: The International Monetary Fund claimed that Latin America is starting to emerge from the global economic slowdown yet according to the World Bank the number of the region’s poor will swell this year.

* Uruguay: Argentina and Uruguay are grinning with pride after the UNESCO granted the tango “protected cultural status” on Tuesday.

* Dominican Republic: Local children’s groups and officials have sounded the alarm over a spike last month in child trafficking from neighboring Haiti.

* Mexico: U.S. authorities claimed that the gun flow to Mexico has been “disrupted" after a months-long operation in Texas.

Image- The Telegraph (Mexican factory workers)
Online Sources- Bloomberg, Guardian UK, Monsters & Critics, AP, LAHT

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