Daily Headlines: April 30, 2010

* U.S.: Bachata group Aventura was honored with nine Billboard Latin Music Awards including Latin artist and album of the year.

* Puerto Rico: A proposal to establish a referendum on the commonwealth’s legal status was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and moves on to the Senate.

* Argentina: The government’s plan for a $20 billion debt swap was formally announced yesterday and is expected to start this Monday.

* Bolivia: Has French firm Bollore gained the inside track in the bidding process to develop Bolivia’s lithium deposits?

Image – ABC News
Online Sources- AFP, Reuters, The Latin Americanist, MSNBC, LAHT

Daily Headlines: February 16, 2010

* U.S.: Morrissey, Los Tigres Del Norte, and Aventura will have songs included in an album aimed at promoting Latino participation in the 2010 Census. (“Mentiras” by Los Amigos Invisibles will be on the album; hence, the above video).

* El Salvador: Authorities arrested three suspects accused in the September 2009 murder of Spanish filmmaker Christian Poveda.

* Mexico: Roman Catholic bishops have become the latest group to criticize the Mexican government’s anti-violence strategy.

* Chile: In a positive sign for Chile’s economy the country’s copper exports doubled in January.

Online Sources- NME, BBC News, LAHT, AP, Bloomberg