Daily Headlines: March 31, 2010

* U.S.: Rest in peace Jaime Escalante; the Bolivian-born former Los Angeles teacher who strove to educate inner-city students died of bladder cancer yesterday. (The above video comes via UPI).

* Guatemala: A man was convicted for the 2009 murder of a lawyer who previously taped a video accusing President Alvaro Colom of killing him.

* Latin America: The World Meteorological Organization claimed that the El Nino weather phenomena that affects the Americas and the world is expected to die out after the middle of this year.

* Mexico: According to KPMG Mexico beat out nine other nations including Japan, the U.S. and Britain as the most efficient country to do business.

Online Sources- UPI, Los Angeles Times, YouTube, Vancouver Sun, Reuters, AP, The Latin Americanist