Thursday, July 9, 2009

Daily Headlines: July 9, 2009

* Venezuela: Antonio Ledezma- the mayor of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas- ended a six-day hunger strike yesterday.

* U.S.: The Senate agreed to add a provision to a Homeland Security bill that would make permanent the controversial “E-Verify” system of immigrant worker verification.

* Peru: Nationwide protests against the Peruvian government where relatively peaceful yesterday though police arrested at least 156 people.

* Cuba: A former Guantanamo detainee claimed that he has photos depicting torture at the prison.

Image- El Universal
Online Sources- CNN, BBC News, Guardian UK, Reuters

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