Thursday, October 26, 2006

Afternoon briefs: October 26

* Venezuelan opposition candidate Manuel Rosales (image) said that he would call for a legislative election if he were to upset Hugo Chavez and become president.

* Spanish firm Telefonica will invest $1 billion to improve Peru’s telephone infrastructure.

* Thousands of truckers in Uruguay have refused to drive as a protest against the government’s plan to raise the price of diesel fuel.

* Panama’s government celebrated voters’ overwhelming approval of a plan to expand the Panama Canal.

* The man believed to be Brazil’s worst serial killer was sentenced to almost 21 years in jail for the murder of a 15-year-old boy.

Links- Reuters, Taipei Times, MarketWatch, The Scotsman

Image- hechosdehoy.com (Spain)

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