Daily Headlines: September 3, 2010

* Latin America: The chairman for Indian-owned Tata Motors said that the firm has plans to sell the “world’s cheapest car”, the $2500 Nano, in Latin America.

* U.S.: Officials in Ohio are putting restrictions on Puerto Ricans who want to obtain state IDs and licenses due to concerns over birth certificates.

* Peru: According to researchers the Amazon River is at its lowest level in nearly 40 years in northeastern Peru; thus endangering the local area’s economy.

* Colombia: Police seized over $28 million that may have been linked between Colombian and Mexican drug gangs.

Image – cnet.com (The Tata Nano was first unveiled in late 2008 and the basic model includes cost-cutting innovations such as having a singe windshield wiper and no radio or air conditioning.)
Online Sources- Bloomberg, Xinhua, AP, BBC News

Daily Headlines: November 22, 2007

* A twelve ton whale that made its way up several Amazon River tributaries died this week.

* Bonds in emerging markets like Latin America tumbled during trading on Wednesday.

* An article in the Christian Science Monitor ponders if “(Hugo) Chavez, with or without Iran's help, has the power to push oil to $200 a barrel?”

* Follow-up: The starting date of the trial of recently extradited ex-Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori two weeks to December 10^th.

Sources- Bloomberg, Christian Science Monitor, Reuters UK, The Latin Americanist, Xinhua

Image- BBC News

Scientists claim Amazon River is world's longest

The Amazon River crosses through four South American countries and is considered to be the world’s largest river based on water volume. However, a study conducted by a group of Brazilian scientists claims that the Amazon is the world’s longest river, not the Nile.

Scientists from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics concluded that the start of the Amazon is high atop southern Peru’s Mismi Mountain. Thus, it would add nearly 200 miles to the length of the river and make it 65 miles longer than Egypt’s Nile River.

Sources- Wikipedia, FOX News, Telgraph.co.uk

Image- Earthtimes.org

Daily headlines: April 09, 2007

* Did you celebrate Easter yesterday? If so, how?

* Vacationing or campaigning – Bill and Hillary Clinton traveled to the Dominican Republic for a private lunch with the country’s president.

* Kudos to Slovenia's Martin Strel who become the first person to swim the over 3000 miles of the Amazon River.

* Lax inspections along the U.S.-Mexico may be a grave security problem according to experts on freight travel.

* A bit of good news for Chile after a week of mounting problems – the peso reached a two-week high due to more than expected economic growth. (Update: On the other hand, problems with the transit system in Chile's capital may be really hurting the economy.)

Links- SanLuisObispo.com, Monsters & Critics, BBC News, ABC News, The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg

Image- The World in Photos (Easter procession in the town of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico)