Daily Headlines: May 2, 2011

* Latin America: The presidents of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru agreed to creating the Pacific Alliance, an economic bloc aimed at seeking greater access to the Asian market.

* U.S.: A White House report released last week highlighted a serious “educational crisis” in the Latino community.

* Brazil: Divers "localized and identified" the black box of Air France Flight 447 that crashed nearly two years ago off the Brazilian coast.

* Nicaragua: President Daniel Ortega blasted last Friday’s royal wedding since the British monarchy is “tainted with blood because they are celebrating while…blood is being spilled in Libya."

Image – AP via ABC News (“Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, shakes hands with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, left, as Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, center, looks on at the government palace in Lima, Peru, Thursday, April 28, 2011.”)
Online Sources- CNN, Huffington Post, CBC News, MSNBC

World Watch: Nuptials

* Britain: An estimated global television audience of two billion people watched Friday’s British royal wedding between Prince William and his longtime girlfriend, Kate Middleton.

* China: Could the “one-child” policy be relaxed after census figures showed that the Chinese elderly population is growing?

* Morocco: Al-Qaeda may’ve been behind the bombing of a café in Marrakech that killed at least sixteen people.

* Syria: Approximately 62 people were killed in another day of unrest in numerous Syrian cites.

Image – AP via the Houston Chronicle (“Newlyweds Kate and Will leave Westminster Abbey after the ceremony.”)
Online Sources- Malaysia Star, Al Jazeera English, The Guardian, BBC News

Salma Hayek weds on Valentine’s Day

Très bon:

Salma Hayek picked a most romantic time and place to get married: Valentine's Day in Paris. The Mexican-born actress wed French magnate Francois-Henri Pinault in a civil ceremony Saturday at the City Hall in Paris' chic 6th arrondissement, according to an official there…

Hayek's spokeswoman, Cari Ross, confirmed in an e-mail Monday that the marriage had taken place in Paris Saturday. No further details were provided.

Henri Pinault is an heir to one of France’s largest fortunes and is the head of retail conglomerate PPR.

Aside from acting in such films as "Desperado", "Dogma", and "Frida", Hayek is also executive producer of U.S. television comedy "Ugly Betty". (For now, at least).

The couple broke off their engagement last year and allegedly remained that way before news emerged of Saturday’s marriage. They are each parents of a daughter named Valentina, who was born in 2007.

Image- AFP
Online Sources- AFP, The Latin Americanist, Reuters, imdb.com, AP