* U.S.: A poll released by CNN showed that people in the U.S. are split nearly 50-50 over President Barack Obama’s decision to suspend military trials at the Guantanamo Bay jail.* Chile: Chilean tennis star Fernando Gonzalez qualified to the third round of the Australian Open after winning against Argentine Guillermo Canas.
* Mexico: The country’s oil output plummeted in 2008 by over 9% and exports hit its lowest point since 1995. (Perhaps I was too optimistic on Mexican oil).
* El Salvador: Despite global economic problems the amount of remittances Salvadorans sent home last year grew by 2.5% to the tune of approximately $3.8 billion.
Image- AP (“In this Dec. 6, 2006 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a shackled detainee, clutching paperwork of some kind, is escorted by two gloved U.S. Military personnel to an Annual Review Board Hearing, inside Camp Delta detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba.”)
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, Times of India, abc.net.au, Bloomberg, AP
