World Watch: 11/3

* Spain: “Seven suspected Islamic militants” were indicted in a Spanish court for aiding the perpetrators of 2004’s deadly Madrid train bombings.

* Afghanistan: After winning reelection by default President Hamid Karzai vowed to combat the rampant corruption that grew during his first term.

* Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe’s “blood diamonds” could lead to a halt in the legal exportation of the gems from the African country.

* North Korea: North Korea has weapons-grade plutonium according to the country’s state-run press.

Image –USA TODAY (“March 11, 2004's terrorist attack (in Spain) was the bloodiest in Western European history.”)
Online Sources- Guardian UK, CNN, BBC News, MSNBC

Daily Headlines: November 13, 2008

* Mexico: Diamonds are a girl’s best friend…especially if they’re made from tequila.

* Peru: Are the Shining Path guerillas mounting a serious comeback?

* Brazil: Plummeting energy prices led to Petrobras stocks tumbling to its lowest point in a decade.

* Chile: Government workers have gone on a two-day national strike in an effort to earn higher wages.

Image- BBC News
Sources- Guardian UK, washingtonpost.com, IHT, Bloomberg

Daily Headlines: June 27, 2008

* Mexico: More fall out from last week’s deadly nightclub stampede as at least 30 females alleged that police forced them to strip naked and took photos of them.

* Haiti: A report has accused the U.S. government of using political motives to withhold drinking water to Haiti.

* Venezuela: A global diamond trade group has called for a boycott of Venezuelan diamonds over the “blood diamonds” controversy.

* Latin America: The region may be “resilient to the global credit crunch” though that hasn’t stopped many analysts from worrying over rising inflation throughout the continent.

Image- CNN

Sources- The Latin Americanist, Monsters & Critics, MarketWatch, New York Times, Guardian UK

Daily Headlines: October 12, 2007

* Is Venezuela involved in mining “blood diamonds”?

* Urbanization in Latin America has skyrocketed over the past thirty years, according to a recently released U.N. report.

* Popular video site YouTube launched its own portal for Mexico yesterday which would highlight videos uploaded by Mexicans.

* Follow-up: Closing arguments were heard in the case of thirty Nicaraguan laborers who claimed became severely sick after working with a banned pesticide.

Sources (English)- Xinhua, AFP, San Jose Mercury News, SignOnSanDiego.com, The Latin Americanist

Sources (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Image- MSNBC