Sunday, May 24, 2009

Weekend Headlines: May 24, 2009

* Cuba: The U.S. State Department has offered to restart negotiations with Cuba on legal immigration, but how will the Castro regime respond?

* Nicaragua: Several groups decried President Daniel Ortega’s initiative to place greater government control on NGO activities.

* Ecuador: Citing shaky negotiations, President Rafael Correa refused to sign a free trade deal with the European Union.

* Mexico: Could the economic slowdown serve as an opening for Mexico’s Banco Azteca to expand into the U.S.?

Image- BBC News (“The US has recently eased curbs on visits to Cuba.”)
Online Sources- AFP, LAHT, Bloomberg, UPI

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