Daily Headlines: March 17, 2015

* Colombia: A new U.N. report named the “bandas criminales” groups of demobilized right-wing paramilitary members and criminal gangs as the primary security threat in Colombia.  

* Argentina: Citigroup will pull out of the custodial business in Argentina after a U.S. judge opted not to remove an injunction that prevented the bank from processing $2.3 billion in Argentine bond payments.

* Mexico: Was the recent firing of acclaimed investigative journalist Carmen Aristegui from Mexico’s MVS radio network justifiable or censorship?   

* Brazil: A new femicide law was enacted last week in Brazil that includes increased prison time for those convicted of the gender-based killing of women.

Video Source – YouTube via Al Jazeera English

Online Sources –Reuters; euronews; CNN; Voice of America

Daily Headlines: September 30, 2013

* U.S.: On Sunday, Venezuelan pitcher Henderson Alvarez hurled the first no-hitter in Major League history to end on a wild pitch.

* Mexico: Why is Laura Bozzo, the Latin American version of talk show host Jerry Springer, engaged in a feud with well-known Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui?

* Colombia: Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos rejected the mediation of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson in the release of a former U.S. Marine kidnapped by the FARC guerillas since June.

* Argentina: A six-year-old girl has become the first transgendered person in Argentina to officially change her identity after her mother petitioned the country’s president and the governor of Buenos Aires.

Video Source – MLB.com
 
Online Sources- USA Today; Reuters; The Telegraph; Latin Times

Daily Headlines: February 16, 2011

Before we get to the headlines I want to take a moment to apologize for the lack of posts on Tuesday. Hopefully it won’t happen again today.

* Brazil: Ronaldo retired from soccer after an extraordinary eighteen-year career that included playing for several of the world’s top clubs, becoming the top goal scorer in World Cup history and being a part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning team.

* Latin America: Can ad campaigns in several countries make a significant dent in machismo culture?

* Nicaragua: A former member of the Contras turned criminal gang leader was shot dead on Sunday.

* Mexico: MVS radio rehired journalist Carmen Aristegui eight days after firing her over controversial comments on President Felipe Calderon.

Video Source – YouTube via Soccer by Ives
Online Sources- NPR, LAHT, MSNBC, CSMonitor.com