Friday, January 18, 2008

Daily Headlines: January 18, 2008

* A three-hour shootout between armed men and police in Tijuana ended with the execution-style deaths of six hostages.

* Latin America could be heading for an arms race according to this article from the Christian Science Monitor.

* A human rights group study found that violence in Venezuelan prisons went up in 2007.

* Follow-up: Chile recalled its ambassador to Peru one day after Peru filed a demand against its southern neighbor at the International Court of Justice.

Sources- Christian Science Monitor, Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist, Al Jazeera, Associated Press

Image- Guardian UK (“A Mexican policeman guards children during a stand-off against hit men in Tijuana.”)

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