Friday, May 30, 2008

Daily Headlines: May 30, 2008

* U.S.: A 1945 painting by the late Rufino Tamayo set an auction record for Latin American art after selling for $7.2 million.

* Mexico: A five-year-old boy was among the fifty-one illegal Mexican migrants found hidden in a tractor trailer trying to cross the border.

* Panama: Chile’s police chief was killed in a helicopter accident in Panama City along with eleven others.

* Argentina: Starbucks launched its first Argentine store today with a locale in Buenos Aires.

Sources- MSNBC, Forbes.com, CNN, New York Times, The Latin Americanist,

Image- Washington Post (“In this undated photo provided by the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, Rufino Tamayo's 1945 oil on canvas painting, "Troubadour", is shown in Lynchburg, Va. (AP Photo/Randolph College)”).

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