* Honduras: A trio of senior U.S. diplomats are expected to travel to Honduras today in order to restart deadlocked negotiations between ousted President Manuel Zelaya and de facto head Roberto Micheletti.
* Uruguay: The country’s presidential election will head to a runoff yet the governing Broad Front coalition secured a new legislative majority.
* Brazil: A Massachusetts man claimed that U.S. officials denied the asylum claim of his gay Brazilian husband partly due to his sexual orientation.
* Mexico: Fourteen adults were arrested and accused of running a child prostitution ring in Mexico City.
Image- New York Times (“President Manuel Zelaya has been holed up in the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa.”)
Online Sources- AP, The Latin Americanist, LAHT, BBC News
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Daily Headlines: October 28, 2009
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