Thursday, August 13, 2009

Daily Headlines: August 13, 2009

* Latin America: According to a newly released report by the Inter-American Bank remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to nosedive by 10% this year.

* Peru: Prosecutors brought up homicide charges against two police generals and fifteen other officers for their supposed role in last June’s deadly clashes with protesters in the Amazon.

* Mexico: Citing “illegally obtained evidence” and other irregularities, the country’s top court overturned the convictions of twenty people accused in a 1997 massacre in Chiapas.

* Bolivia: Authorities are looking into who is behind the mailing of two explosive envelopes that have injured seven people including the wife of a pro-government union leader.

Image- La Plaza
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, AFP, MSNBC, Guardian UK, CNN

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