Daily Headlines: January 21, 2014

* Argentina: Juan Gelman, the renown Argentine poet and political activist whose son and daughter-in-law were killed during the “Dirty War”, died last week at the age of 83.

* Haiti: A Haitian judge charged nine people including several close allies of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of being involved in the April 2000 murder of radio station owner and journalist Jean Dominique.

* Colombia: The Colombian military claimed that troops killed fourteen members of the FARC guerillas during a raid in the eastern state of Arauca.

* Nicaragua: Nicaraguan officials pledged to mediate in the tense and violent standoff between sugarcane cutters seeking greater medical benefits and their employers.

Video Source – EFE International via YouTube (The late wordsmith Juan Gelman located his granddaughter, Macarena, in 2000 after she was stolen from her parents in 1976 and illegally put up for adoption).

Online Sources- Salon.com; Reuters; The Latin Americanist; ABC News; NBC News

Daily Headlines: March 25, 2011

* Uruguay: After reviewing the case of the daughter-in-law of Argentine poet Juan Gelman, the Inter-American Human Rights Court ruled that Uruguay should eliminate amnesty laws that protect former “dirty war” officials.

* Bolivia: Bolivia could take neighboring Chile to the international courts as part of the landlocked state’s ongoing dispute to regain access to the sea.

* Mexico: Mexican newspapers Reforma, La Jornada and Proceso did not sign on to a pact agreed upon by over forty media groups establishing guidelines on reporting on drug violence.

* Venezuela: A poll found that nearly half of respondents were either undecided or would not vote for President Hugo Chavez or the opposition.

Image – noticias123.cl (Argentine poet Juan Gelman, seen here, believes that his daughter-in-law was kidnapped by Uruguayan officials in 1976 and taken to Argentina where she “disappeared.”)
Online Sources- MercoPress, CNN, The Latin Americanist, Voice of America, Canadian Press