Thursday, December 11, 2008

Daily Headlines: December 11, 2008

* Mexico: Drug-related murders have doubled this year to almost 5400 and are expected to continue rising according to Mexico’s Attorney General.

* Brazil: Is there a serial killer targeting gays in the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo?

* Argentina: The bones of hundreds of people killed during the country’s “Dirty War” were found at a former detention center.

* Latin America: “Free trade and open markets remain the surest way to economic growth,” claimed U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a trade conference in Panama yesterday.

Image- BBC News (“November was the bloodiest month to date (in Mexico) with 943 murders.”)
Sources- Voice of America, AFP, BBC News, AP

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