Sunday, July 16, 2006

Newsweek in review: July 10 to July 16

Monday July 10:

­-A U.S. government commission on Cuba recommended the Bush administration double funds to anti-Castro organizations.

-A former aide to ex-Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet claimed that Pinochet’s youngest son profited from running an illegal drug trade during the 1980s.

-Amnesty International reported that hundreds of women die yearly in Peru due to “discriminatory health services.”

-The spokesman for Vicente Fox, president of Mexico, said that Fox would stay out of the post-election controversy between candidates Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Felipe Calderon.

Tuesday July 11:

-­Summit amongst Central American nations ends with promises of increased regional collaboration.

-Venezuela’s government agrees to pay back 70% of its debt with the World Bank.

-Is the “pink revolution” (shift to the political left) over in Latin America? We examine a pair of articles for and against it.

Wednesday July 12:

­-The International Monetary Fund says that economic growth in Latin America has been sustained for longer than any previous period of growth.

-State of emergency declared in areas of central Chile destroyed by flooding and landslides.

-Citing low sales of gasoline in the U.S., Venezuela-owned Citgo will halt selling gasoline to 1800 independently-owned U.S. stations.

-Colombian president Alvaro Uribe found himself in the middle of a diplomatic crisis after Andres Pastrana resigned as ambassador to the U.S. due to Uribe’s plan to install another ex-president as ambassador to France.

Thursday July 13:

-The International Court of Justice rules provisionally in favor of Uruguay to construct paper mills near its river border with Argentina.

Friday July 14:

-Guerillas in Colombia kidnapped 172 loggers who they claimed worked for right-wing paramilitaries.

-Several polls released over the past week revealed overall support of the presidents of Guatemala, Brazil, and Venezuela as well as Nicaraguan presidential candidate Daniel Ortega.

-Chilean president Michelle Bachelet replaced three of her cabinet ministers in response to diminishing popularity.

-Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called on supporters to erect “protest camps” outside of electoral offices around Mexico.

Saturday July 15:

­­-Thousands of people protested in the capital of Haiti to demand the return of exiled president Jean-Bertrand Aristede.

-Murder charges will not be handed against the English policemen who killed a Brazilian citizen mistaking him for a suicide bomber last July.

Sunday July 16:

-Music lovers remember the death of Cuban salsa legend Celia Cruz who passed away three years ago today.

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