Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Daily Headlines: May 26, 2009

* Panama: According to the local press, the bidding process for expanding the Panama Canal may be delayed after the three offers have gone at most 35% over budget.

* Latin America: Puerto Rico reported its first case of the swine flu yesterday while Ecuador's infected count shot up from 10 to 24 over the weekend.

* Mexico: In a gruesome crime, two teens are accused of killing a Central American migrant by assaulting him and then cutting his head off.

* Caribbean: Sixteen people are presumed dead in the Dominican Republic and Haiti as a result of two weeks of heavy rain.

Image- MSNBC
Online Sources- UPI, Bloomberg, LAHT, MSNBC, AFP

1 comment:

pc said...

I read that the kids in Mexico won't get more than 15 years in prison. What an awful situation.