Saturday, March 27, 2010

Weekend Headlines: March 27-28, 2010

* Spain: Judge Baltazar Garzon- best known for indicting ex-Chilean strongman Augusto Pinochet- could be charged with “abuse of power” in investigating Spanish civil war crimes.

* El Salvador: On the thirtieth anniversary of the murder of Oscar Romero El Salvador’s government formally apologized for his death as a "victim of illegal violence".

* Peru: Workers at mines owned by Buenaventura may strike over the weekend due to a supposedly insufficient sharing of profits.

* Colombia: In a shocking incident a twelve-year-old boy died after unknowingly carrying a package bomb into a local police station.

Image – Guardian UK
Online Sources- AP, The Latin Americanist, BBC News, Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald

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