Daily Headlines: August 3, 2010

* Latin America: Nearly thirteen months since the controversial ouster of President Manuel Zelaya the governments of Chile and Mexico reestablished reestablished diplomatic ties with Honduras.

* U.S.: According to a study from the Pew Hispanic Center Latinos born in the U.S. are more tech-savvy than foreign-born Latinos.

* Venezuela: Ex-defense minister Italo del Valle Alliegro may face prosecution for a 1989 civil uprising known as the “Caracazo.”

* Panama: A squad from the Panamanian city of Chitre will represent Latin America in this year’s Little League World Series.

Image – MercoPress (Current Honduran President Porfirio Lobo).
Online Sources- Lebanon Daily News, LAHT, Pew Research Center, Americas Quarterly

Daily Headlines: August 25, 2008

* Mexico: Congrats to the squad from Matamoros, Mexico who made it all the way to Little League World Series championship game yesterday.

* Venezuela: U.S. drug czar John Walters claimed that “impunity” from Venezuela’s government is allowing more cocaine to be smuggled from there.

* Honduras: Family Minister Selma Ucles resigned as a protest against an upcoming visit of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega who has been accused of sexually abusing his stepdaughter.

* Colombia: Earth to Colombian presidential advisor José Obdulio Gaviria: thousands of displaced people still roam the country.

Image- New York Times (“Jorge Villafranca of Matamoros, Mexico, advancing to third on a wild pitch, ahead of the tag by Roberto Valera of Barquisimeto, Venezuela.”)

Sources- New York Times, The Latin Americanist, IHT, Reuters, Guardian UK