Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Daily Headlines: October 7, 2008

* Cuba: “The population's food is guaranteed” said Cuban Finance Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia who denied that the island could face famine.

* Peru: Scientists from Italy used satellite images to discover a hidden pyramid in the Peruvian desert.

* Ecuador: President Rafael Correa threatened to push out foreign oil firms if they do not increase output soon.

* Nicaragua: U.N. General Assembly president- Nicaraguan Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann- claimed last week that “there are members of the Security Council right now who have done things infinitely worse than Iran could ever do.”

Image- CNN (“Vendors await the arrival of agricultural products at a green market in Havana, Cuba, on Thursday.”)
Sources- Reuters, MSNBC, Monsters & Critics, IHT

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