Daily Headlines: December 27, 2011

* Mexico: Mexican actor Pedro Armendariz Jr., who appeared in over 180 films and several telenovelas, died on Monday at the age of 71.

* South America: Bolivian President Evo Morales said that he and his Peruvian counterpart, President Ollanta Humala, discussed the possibility of building a railroad that would link landlocked Bolivia to a Peruvian port.

* Colombia: Authorities released over two hundred members of a criminal gang that voluntarily turned themselves in to police.

* Latin America: One person died in Argentina after being burned by fireworks on Christmas Eve, while fireworks in El Salvador injured at least 16 children on that day.

Video Source – YouTube via oncenoticiasipn

Online Sources- Monsters and Critics, Huffington Post, CBS News, Buenos Aires Herald, LAHT

Argentina: Concession nullified a week after rail riot

Argentina’s government cancelled a firm's concession to operate two major rail lines one week after a riot at a Buenos Aires train station. “We will keep all the workers on the job and ticket prices will remain the same,” said Planning Minister Julio De Vido earlier today as the government will temporarily control the dual train lines that had been run by private company Metropolitano S.A.

Image- Sydney Morning Herald (Buenos Aires riot police inside the Constitucion train station last Tuesday)

Sources- Bloomberg, CNN, The Latin Americanist