Monday, February 4, 2013
Daily Headlines: February 4, 2013 (UPDATED)
* Paraguay: Presidential candidate Lino Oviedo died in an accident that occurred on the twenty-fourth anniversary of the coup d’état that he took part in against ex-dictator Alfredo Stroessner.
* Mexico: Funerals were held over the weekend for some of the thirty-six people killed as a result of an explosion at the PEMEX complex on Thursday.
Update: According to PEMEX a 37th dead body was found on Monday amid the rubble from last week's explosion.
* Cuba: Former Cuban ruler Fidel Castro voted in Sunday’s general elections and, thus, made his first extended public appearance since 2010.
* Uruguay: Should the Falkands Islands really belong to Uruguay instead of Argentina or Britain?
Video Source – YouTube via user canalNTN24
Online Sources including Update- Bloomberg, euronews, The Latin Americanist, The Guardian, The Telegraph, ABC News
Labels:
Cuba,
Daily Headlines,
elections,
Falkland Islands,
Falklands,
Fidel Castro,
Lino Oviedo,
Mexico,
Paraguay,
PEMEX,
Uruguay
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