* Chile’s annual telethon for disabled children raised $26.2 million including over $4000 from a one-of-a-kind source.
* Cuba is the only country in Latin America that will fulfill the Millennium Development Goal on universal education said UNESCO.
* Ecuador’s Navy is gradually taking control of the country’s state-owned oil company.
* Most second and third generations of Latino immigrant families in the U.S. speak Spanish “very well”, according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center.
* Follow-up: Nearly three out of four Mexicans in a recent poll praised president Felipe Calderon for his quick reaction to the devastating floods in Tabasco.
Sources- The Latin Americanist, Reuters UK, Bloomberg, Xinhua, Telegraph.co.uk, The Santiago Times, New York Times
Image- Noticias Lajino (2006 Chilean “Teletón” symbol)
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