* Spain: Judge Baltazar Garzon- best known for indicting ex-Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet- could be charged with “abuse of power” in investigating Spanish civil war crimes.
* El Salvador: On the thirtieth anniversary of the murder of Oscar Romero El Salvador’s government formally apologized for his death as a "victim of illegal violence".
* Peru: Workers at mines owned by Buenaventura may strike over the weekend due to a supposedly insufficient sharing of profits.
* Colombia: In a shocking incident a twelve-year-old boy died after unknowingly carrying a package bomb into a local police station.
Image – Guardian UK
Online Sources- AP, The Latin Americanist, BBC News, Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Weekend Headlines: March 27-28, 2010
Labels:
Augusto Pinochet,
Baltasar Garzon,
Colombia,
El Salvador,
mining,
Oscar Romero,
Peru,
Spain,
strike,
violence
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