Friday, May 25, 2007

Daily Headlines: May 25, 2007

* Brazilian Health Minister Jose Temporao is behind a new alcohol prevention policy that would limit beer ads.

* Could the border barrier between Mexico and the U.S. violate a 1970 treaty between both countries?

* An ex-Peruvian soldier convicted of his role in the 1985 Accomarca massacre pled guilty to falsifying U.S. immigration documents.

* Over 100 people were arrested in the U.S. and four Latin American countries for their part in a heroin smuggling ring.

* Colombian legislators want the removal of the head of the Organization of American States' peace mission to their country.


Sources- MSNBC, ABCmoney.co.uk, Forbes, APRODEH, Dominican Today, International Herald Tribune

Image- Gringo Guides (Brazilian print ad for Brahma beer)


5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Are those breasts really necessary? That's the sort of image that made my parents take their daughters out of Latin America.

Erwin C. said...

I don't know about "neccessary", but a vast majority of beer ads in the Americas rely on the old axiom- sex sells.

Compared to other print ads (e.g. tattoo of a beer bottle over a buxom model's breasts), this one is relatively tame!

Anonymous said...

Yikes. Meanwhile up here in Canada our beer ads feature cold mountain streams and guys playing hockey... It's just too cold up here to dress like that!

Erwin C. said...

Nothing wrong with hockey despite the NHL's problems!

Actually, didn't Pam Anderson's career start off as a spokesmodel for Labatt's?

Anonymous said...

Something like that. At least she had the smarts not to become just another disposable playmate.