Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Daily Headlines: July 27, 2010

* Argentina: Tuesday is the decision day for Diego Maradona, as Argentina’s soccer federation will decide if he’ll stay on as head coach of the men’s national team.

* Chile: President Sebastian Pinera rejected a controversial plan that would’ve sought pardoning some former military officers convicted for Pinochet-era crimes against humanity.

* Dominican Republic: An outbreak of dengue fever continues to hit parts of the Caribbean including the Dominican Republic where 24 deaths were attributed to that illness.

* Nicaragua: Prosecutors dropped a case accusing President Daniel Ortega of involvement in the early 1980s massacre of 64 indigenous people.

Image – The Guardian
Online Sources- People’s Daily Online, MSNBC, BBC News, The Latin Americanist, LAHT

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