Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Daily Headlines: March 9, 2010

* U.S.: Jury selection in the hate crime murder of Marcelo Lucero has been anything but easy based on this New York Times piece.

* Mexico: Why was the late Ricardo Montalban left out of the "In Memoriam" tribute at Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony?

* Latin America: According to a recent Inter-American Development Bank Latin America’s economy is expected to grow at least by three percent this year.

* Colombia: The political tug-of-war between Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and the FARC guerillas has delayed the release of pair of soldiers kidnapped in 1998.

Image- New York Daily News (“Toddler contributes to makeshift memorial at scene of brutal murder of Marcello Lucero.”)

Online Sources- Mercopress, MTV News, Reuters, The Latin Americanist, New York Times

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