* Latin America: Stocks throughout the region continued to tumble yesterday while Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced emergency measures to combat the growing financial quagmire.* U.S.: The New York-based Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund will change its name and mission in order to better help the city’s Latino community.
* U.K.: Testimony continued in the trial of a Brazilian man killed by London police who allegedly mistook him for a terrorist attacker.
* Argentina: Argentina will soon join Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile in charging visitors 21 countries including the U.S.
Image- AP (“Specialist Justin Bohan holds his head as he works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday Oct. 9, 2008…(AP Photo/Richard Drew).”)
Sources- Voice of America, IHT, New York Times, BBC News, San Jose Mercury News
