Monday, September 24, 2007

Daily Headlines: September 24, 2007

* Follow-up: Ex-president Alberto Fujimori arrived at a Peruvian military base on Saturday about 36 hours after Chile’s Supreme Court permitted his extradition for trial.

* Congrats to Mexican actress/producer Salma Hayek who gave birth to her first child- a baby girl named Valentina Paloma Pinault- last week.

* A group of 35 Palestinian refugees from Iraq arrived in Brazil on Friday as part of a special joint program by the Brazilian government and the U.N.

* Argentina’s Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo continue to seek justice for thousands of those “disappeared” during the Dirty War, yet they have also spearheaded projects for the country’s poor.

* Immigration advocacy groups in Rhode Island will join others in California to boycott Western Union over high money transfer fees.

* The government of Ecuador plans to set up an immigration program that would facilitate the return of migrants abroad while giving them more political rights.

Sources (English)- The Latin Americanist, Sydney Morning Herald, MSNBC, Providence Journal, Associated Press, AFP

Source (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Image- Christian Science Monitor

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