Monday, June 1, 2009

Daily Headlines: June 1, 2009

* U.S.: A “right-wing shock jock” from Boston will return to the airwaves tomorrow after bring suspended since April for numerous deregotary remarks including calling Mexicans “leeches” and claiming that “women with mustaches and VD” are one of Mexico’s top exports.

* Peru: The country’s foreign minister defended the decision to grant asylum to four South American opposition figures including ex-Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and Venezuela’s Manuel Rosales.

* Brazil: Authorities released a man of Lebanese background who was arrested and misidentified as an Al-Qaeda operative.

* Ecuador: President Rafael Correa declared that Ecuador will leave a global arbitration body affiliated to the World Bank.

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Online Sources- Boston Herald, Boston Globe, Forbes, Voice of America, BBC News, The Latin Americanist

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