Thursday, June 19, 2008

Daily Headlines: June 19, 2008

* Mexico: The government has placed price caps on 150 food items in an attempt to control rising prices.

* Venezuela: So does this piece in The New Yorker truly make Hugo Chavez a celebrity?

* Brazil: A look at a century of Japanese immigrants living in Brazil.

* Uruguay: Uruguayan prosecutors are putting “the final touches” to its legal case at the International Court of Justice over the controversial Botnia paper mill.

Image- industrybroadcasting.com

Sources- Bloomberg, The New Yorker, Xinhua, BBC News, The Latin Americanist

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