Friday, May 15, 2009

Daily Headlines: May 15, 2009

* Brazil: The country’s government has released documents online related to the abuses during the military junta between 1964 and 1985.

* Mexico: Four U.S. citizens who reportedly crossed the border for “a night at the Mexican clubs” where found killed in Tijuana.

* Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican electoral officials reinstated the legal status of the Puerto Rican Independence Party.

* Argentina: British officials have laid claim over an offshore area including the contested Falkland Islands weeks after Argentina made its own petition.

Image- BBC News (Brazilian researchers have examine thousands of documents on the country’s past).
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, Guardian UK, MSNBC, LAHT, AFP

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