Daily Headlines: December 3, 2015

* Brazil: Lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha gave the go-ahead for impeachment proceedings to begin against President Dilma Rousseff for allegedly breaking fiscal laws.

* Central America: Some 4000 Cuban migrants are still in limbo in Central America amid heated diplomatic tensions between neighbors Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

* El Salvador: Human rights group Amnesty International blasted El Salvador’s total ban on abortion for “treat(ing) women as little more than human vessels.”

* Mexico: Archaeologists discovered a passageway at Mexico City's Templo Mayor ruin complex that could lead to the cremated remains of ancient Aztec rulers.

YouTube Source – AFP (“Pro-impeachment demonstrators (last October) set up a giant balloon caricature representing Dilma Rousseff outside the Congress, where a new petition to remove her was submitted.”)

Online Sources – Bloomberg, teleSUR English, JURIST, Business Insider

Daily Headlines: August 9, 2012

* Colombia: Jairo Varela, the founder and leader of renowned salsa band Grupo Niche, died at the age of 62 due to an apparent heart attack.

* Guatemala: A former Guatemalan military commander accused of taking part in the infamous Dos Erres massacre could soon be extradited from Canada to the U.S. where he awaits trial.

* Brazil: The federal legislature backed an affirmative action-like law that supporters hope will increase Afro-Brazilian enrollment in universities.

* Mexico: Archeologists have supposedly found an ancient Aztec burial site containing a skeleton surrounded by nearly 1800 human bones.

Video Source – YouTube via juanitolinares

Online Sources- Billboard, The Latin Americanist, CBC News, BBC News, Huffington Post

Daily Headlines: August 6, 2007

* Lake Titicaca- located over 10,000 feet up in the Bolivian Andes- is suffering from increased pollution by nearby cities.

* Could a radio DJ accused of racism against Hispanic immigrants be hired to take over the radio show once hosted by Don Imus?

* Archeologists in Mexico City think that they made a landmark discovery in finding the ancient tomb of Aztec king Ahuizotl.

* English club West Ham United agreed on terms that would allow Argentine striker Carlos Tevez to be transferred to soccer giants Manchester United.

* Follow-up #1: An ex-Colombian soldier arrested for corruption confessed that a drug kingpin tried to hire former troops that served in Iraq.

Follow-up #2: First it was Brazil’s defense minister, now it’s the country’s head of airports who was forced out of his post in the wake of the deadly TAM Flight 3054 accident.

Sources- IOL, Vivirlatino, Newsday.com, Guardian UK, BBC Sport, The Latin Americanist, Monsters & Critics

Image- sawf.org (According to the photo’s caption: “A woman steps through rubbish on the shoreline of Lake Titicaca”)