Daily Headlines: June 10, 2015

* Cuba: Critically acclaimed Cuban journalist and author Leonardo Padura was named as this year’s winner of the prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Literature.

* Brazil: President Dilma Rousseff presented a $64 billion infrastructure renewal plan that she surely hopes will boost Brazil’s sagging economy and turn around her decreasing approval rating.

* Venezuela: Ex-Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez left Venezuela yesterday after authorities denied him the opportunity to visit his clients: imprisoned political dissidents Leopoldo Lopez and Daniel Ceballos.

* Chile: The Chilean government passed a law aimed at curbing hooliganism and racism against fans attending the Copa America soccer tournament that begins this Thursday.

YouTube Source – euronews

Online Sources – Newser, BBC News, Reuters, Latin American Herald Tribune

Daily Headlines: March 31, 2015

* Argentina: Small British energy firms are reportedly still interested in offshore oil exploration near the Falklands despite the plummeting price of crude and heightened diplomatic tensions with Argentina.

* Venezuela: Ex-Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso and ex-Spanish Prime Minister Felipe González are the latest former Ibero-American leaders to support imprisoned Venezuelan opposition activists.

* U.S.: Could Marco Rubio soon become the second Latino senator to launch a bid for the U.S. presidency?

* Bolivia: President Evo Morales blamed corruption scandals for his political party suffering losses in this month’s local elections.

YouTube Source – Financial Times (Video uploaded in 2012).
 
Online Sources – MercoPress, The Guardian, Politico, ABC News