Friday, August 10, 2007

Daily Headlines: August 10, 2007

* More heavy snow is expected in areas of Chile after the capital, Santiago, received its first snowfall in eight years on Wednesday (image).

* A team of Mexican teens upset the U.S. and Canada by winning the National Geographic World Championship.

* Political violence in Guatemala nearly ended the lives of the daughters of 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu.

* Cuba’s government rejected accusations that they impede the U.S. from distributing visas to Cubans.

* Follow-up: The lawyer for recently arrested Colombian drug trafficker Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia wants his client to be extradited to the U.S.

Sources- Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist, CNN, Voice of America, International Herald Tribune

Image- La Nacion

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