Daily Headlines: February 18, 2010

* Honduras: Should foreign aid be resumed to Honduras under new president Porfirio Lobo or continue to be withheld in light of human rights abuses?

* Cuba: In what may be a thaw in relations between the U.S. and Cuba migration negotiations between both countries will begin on Friday.

* Latin America: More needs to be done region wide in order to protect the environment according to a new U.N. report.

* Mexico: The country’s faltering economy may be improving after the government raised its 2010 GDP forecast by nearly 1%.

Image – AFP (Honduran “pedestrians walk past graffiti reading "A gorilla gave birth to a wolf (lobo)".)
Online Sources- Democracy Now, Denver Post, AFP, U.N. News Center, Reuters