Daily Headlines: December 16, 2011

* Argentina: The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights gave an Argentine judge more than 100 photos with images of alleged victims during the Dirty War regime.

* Mexico: Three officials in the Mexican state of Guerrero were dismissed over the deaths of two student protesters during clashes with police.

* Honduras: Honduran police have come under fire after firing tear gas and swinging batons at anti-violence demonstrators.

* Venezuela: A French court sentenced Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as Carlos the Jackal, to life in prison for a second time.

Image Source – Flickr via longhorndave (Art installation with pictures of “disappeared” Argentines placed in front of the infamous Navy Mechanics School). (CC BY 2.0)

Online Sources – ABC News, LAHT, Fox News Latino, Huffington Post

Daily Headlines: November 7, 2011

* Mexico: The editor of a newspaper in Veracruz claimed that a group of armed men attacked his newspaper’s offices and set them on fire.

* Colombia: A message purportedly from the FARC claimed that the rebels will not lay down their arms despite the killing of their commander, Alfonso Cano, on Friday.

* U.S.: New census data expected to be released this week will reportedly show that more Latinos have fallen below the poverty line.

* Venezuela: Venezuelan-born “professional revolutionary” Carlos the Jackal faces a new trial over a series of bombings in France during the 1980s.

Image Source – Via Flickr user Cyrus Farivar (Mexico City newspaper vendor) (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Online Sources - TVNZ, The Guardian, CNN, Fox News Latino, The Latin Americanist