Daily Headlines: March 3, 2009

* Guatemala: President Alvaro Colom claimed that there have been “credible” death threats against him from Mexican hit men employed by drug gangs.

* Puerto Rico: Governor Luis Fortuño is expected to announce later today that hundreds, possibly thousands, of government workers will be laid off in the next few weeks.

* Dominican Republic: President Leonel Fernandez fired over 700 police officers days after he vowed to “cleanse the government of corruption.”

* Latin America: Fourth quarter profits for telecom giant Telefonica jumped by 89% partly due to higher growth in Latin America.

Image- The Telegraph
Online Sources- Caribbean Net News, CNN, Bloomberg, LAHT

Daily Headlines: August 7, 2008

* U.S.: Is there racial profiling involved in the tipping off of 59 Chicago motorists with Latino surnames to federal immigration authorities? Some local activists and politicians think so.

* Latin America: Mexico’s America Movil and Spain’s Telefonica each announced that they will start selling the 3G iPhone in Latin America later this month.

* Argentina: Looks like soccer star Lionel Messi is going to be prevented from playing in the Olympics.

* Chile: Scientists discovered that a chemical found in the Martian soil coincides with one found in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Image- Guardian UK

Sources- Chicagoist, washingtonpost.com, Reuters, BBC Sport, Reuters India, The Latin Americanist