Daily Headlines: March 8, 2012

* Argentina: Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a UEFA Champions League match after his club team, Barcelona, hammered Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen 7-1.

* Cuba: Citing the inability “to find a consensus” Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos said that Cuba will not be invited to the Americas Summit in Cartagena next month.

* Mexico: For the third consecutive year Carlos Slim has topped the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest individuals with an estimated worth of $69 billion.

* Venezuela: Chevron will reportedly inject a $2 billion credit line into a joint project run by the company and Venezuelan state-owned firm PDVSA.

Video Source – YouTube via TVPublicaArgentina

Online Sources- CNN, Reuters, The Telegraph, El Universal