Daily Headlines: May 11, 2010

* U.S.: While one poll released last week showed that a slim majority of Arizonans favored the state’s new immigration law another poll showed that roughly four out of five Latino Arizonans opposed the measure.

* Mexico: Ex-Cancun mayor Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid was extradited to the U.S. where he will stand trial on drug charges.

* Ecuador: Chevron’s public relations offensive continued after a federal judge awarded the oil giant with over 600 hours of footage from a documentary on pollution in Ecuador.

* Paraguay: Months after being shot in the face star striker Salvador Cabañas was left off of Paraguay’s preliminary World Cup squad.

Image – Washington Post (“A protester against Arizona's controversial immigration bill waves both the Mexican and U.S. flags during a march on the State Capitol Wednesday, May 5, 2010, in Phoenix.”)
Online Sources- AFP, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, azcentral.com, New American Media

Daily Headlines: March 29, 2010

* Mexico: President Felipe Calderon claimed that “powerful lobbies in the (U.S.) Congress” are impeding efforts to decrease the stream of illegal arms into Mexico.

* Paraguay: Just over two months since being shot in the head Paraguayan soccer player Salvador Cabanas “has been out taking free kicks and shooting baskets” while rehabilitating in Argentina.

* Peru: At least seven people died in the southeastern part of the country due to torrential rains and flooding.

* Latin America: In a major energy deal for Bolivia the Andean country is expected to quadruple natural gas exports to Argentina by 2021 via an agreement signed last week.

Image – The Telegraph (“Mexican police, such as these officers investigating a violent incident in Juarez, have been threatened by local cartel bosses.”)
Online Sources- Reuters, LAHT, CBC, The Latin Americanist

Daily Headlines: March 24, 2010

* Brazil: Global sugar prices are expected to keep dropping after Brazil has reported a very large crop.

* Paraguay: Three months after Salvador Cabañas was shot in the head the soccer star continues his satisfactory recuperation in Buenos Aires.

* Venezuela: Was the recent arrest of opposition figure Oswaldo Álvarez Paz a “crime of opinion” or much ado about nothing?

* Latin America: Argentina and Peru restarted diplomatic relations that had been almost frozen for fifteen years.

Image – ABC News (“Want to start your morning off with a kick? Have some Frosted KrustyO's, named after (“The Simpsons”) comic clown. One serving: 130 calories and 15 grams of sugar.”)
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, New York Times, LAHT

Daily Headlines: February 26, 2010

* U.S.: Renowned Latina actress Rita Moreno was one of twenty artists receiving the National Medal of Arts at the White House yesterday.

* Honduras: Ex-president Manuel Zelaya accused Honduran authorities of ''seeking personal revenge” by bringing up new corruption charges against him.

* Puerto Rico: The director of the U.S. federal housing agency's Puerto Rican division was arrested on corruption charges.

* Mexico: Six suspects were arrested by Mexico City police in relation to the January shooting of Paraguayan striker Salvador Cabañas.

Image – SFGate.com
Online Sources- SFGate.com, New York Times, CNN, RTT News, The Latin Americanist

Paraguayan soccer star Cabañas shot in head

Paraguayan striker Salvador Cabañas is in serious condition at a Mexico City hospital after being shot in the head.

Cabañas was critically wounded in the men’s room of a bar according to a Mexico City prosecutor investigating the incident. “The first report is that the bullet entered the front of his head and did not exit," Miguel Angel Mancera told Mexican television about the incident that occurred due to a suspected robbery or a fight.

Unmentioned by Mancera will be if prosecutors will look into a photo of an injured Cabañas that originated from Twitter and was later published in the Mexican press. (Click here if you wish to view the Not Safe for Work image). Mancera said, however, that two suspects were arrested and investigators will be talking to an eyewitness.

The 2007 South American Player of the Year received interest from English side Sunderland due to the 64 goals marked for Mexico’s Club America and for leading Paraguay to this year’s World Cup. Whether he misses the tournament remains to be seen though the shooting apparently didn’t deter the wounded star:

In comments made to the online version of Paraguayan daily ABC, the wife of Salvador Cabañas said that he had a positive mindset before entering the risky operation…

“He was in all moments positive and told me ‘I will emerge from this.’ He constantly spoke with me, told me his parents were going to visit him, and was conscious until they placed the anesthesia on him said his wife (Maria Alonso Mena). - [Translated text]

Image- BBC News
Online Sources- RPP Noticias, La Tribuna, The Telegraph, peru.com, New York Times, AHN

Daily Headlines: January 2, 2008

* Congrats to Paraguay’s Salvador Cabañas who was named as the best soccer player in the Americas according to Uruguayan newspaper El Pais.

* The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that dietary supplements made in China and distributed by a Puerto Rican firm may have the active ingredient found in Viagra.

* Cuban leader Fidel Castro once again alluded to a possible retirement from office via a letter read during a legislative session.

* Five people accused of being hitmen for a Mexican drug gang were acquitted by a domestic court.

Sources- Xinhua, AFP, BBC News, Bloomberg

Image- El Mercurio