Friday, November 11, 2011

Daily Headlines: November 11, 2011


* South America: Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Bogota, Colombia against government-backed education reforms while at least five thousand people in Valparaiso, Chile demonstrated in solidarity with student protest leaders.

* Venezuela: Police are searching for the suspected kidnappers of Major League Baseball player Wilson Ramos who was abducted on Wednesday.

* Mexico: Authorities captured an alleged senior member of the Sinaloa drug gang who is accused of “organizing huge shipments of cocaine” into the U.S.

* U.S.: Sixteen Latin American nations have requested to join the Justice Department’s lawsuit against a South Carolina anti-immigration law.

Video Source – teleSUR via YouTube

Online Sources- Miami Herald, BusinessWeek, USA TODAY, BBC News, Huffington Post

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