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Monday, October 29, 2007

Daily Headlines: October 29, 2007

* Democratic presidential contender John Edwards spoke out against a U.S. free trade agreement with Peru that’s up for approval in the Senate.

* Venezuela’s space agency was officially established last week and hopes to launch a satellite by August 2008.

* Eleven Mexican migrants that crossed into Southern California are being treated for burns from massive wildfires.

* Peru’s government wants the extradition of a former aide to Bolivian president Evo Morales on charges of terrorism.

* The former president and three serving senior executives of Cisco in Brazil continue to be under custody due to accusations of tax fraud.

Sources- International Herald Tribune, MSNBC, Prensa Latina, Guardian UK

Image- ABC News

Friday, October 26, 2007

Daily Headlines: October 25, 2007

* Could the price of a barrel of oil surpass the $100 threshold? Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez thinks so.

* The massive wildfires that have ravaged through Southern California may have claimed the lives of four people at a migrant camp near the U.S.-Mexico border.

* Salvadoran president Tony Saca continues backing his country’s deployment of troops in Iraq, according to this insightful interview with Univision’s Jorge Ramos.

* FIFA inspectors have given their stamp of approval for Brazil to host the 2014 soccer World Cup.

* Follow-up: The man accused in a heinous assault of an Ecuadorian girl in the Barcelona metro was released yesterday after being arrested for a second time over the incident.

Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, International Herald Tribune, Guardian UK, Voice of America

Sources (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Image- CTV.ca