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Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Daily Headlines: February 3, 2016
* Haiti: In an unusual twist in Haiti’s electoral crisis, musician turned president Michel Martelly released a song criticizing his political rivals that includes “sexually suggestive lyrics” against “an award-winning female journalist.”
* Argentina: The Argentine Congress is expected to approve a deal to pay $1.35 billion to Italian creditors holding unpaid debt related to a record $100 billion default in 2002.
* U.S.: Approximately 10,500 Latinos are believed to have voted in the Iowa presidential caucuses last Monday, which far outnumbers the 1000 from four years ago and triple the participation in 2008.
* El Salvador: Is San Salvador truly the world’s most violent city instead of Caracas, Venezuela?
YouTube Source – TRT World
Online Sources – InSight Crime, Voice of America, Buzzfeed, Reuters
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