Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Daily Headlines: April 13, 2010

* Mexico: Violence in Mexico could worsen after authorities claimed that the Gulf and La Familia cartels united in order to combat a third group called Los Zetas.

* Latin America: Yesterday we looked at U.S.-Brazil relations including Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s participation at a nuclear security summit. But what are the presidents of Argentina, Chile, and Mexico seeking at the conference?

* Chile: According to the local press at least 100 people died in coastal areas hit by tidal waves caused by a massive earthquake on February 27.

* Colombia: The Latin American arms race continues; Colombia’s government will allegedly purchase nine Black hawk helicopters.

Image – Al Jazeera English (“Mexico's increasingly bloody drug war has claimed more than 18,000 lives since 2006.”)
Online Sources- Foreign Policy, The Latin Americanist, Reuters, LAHT, BBC News

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