Thursday, August 2, 2007

Daily Headlines: August 2, 2007

* Are you a gringo who wants a cheap tummy tuck or implants for your chi-chis? Then head over the border to Guadalajara, Mexico!

* A 55-year-old teacher has reached Bogota, Colombia after walking all over the country in a peaceful protest for a hostage exchange.

* Over 1000 international activists converged in Guatemala to seek justice for victims of the county’s civil war.

* Newly arrived immigrants to the U.S. are on average 20% poorer than second generation Americans, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

* A federal judge ruled against the U.S. government by continuing special protections for Salvadoran immigrants.

* Follow-up #1: Venezuela's Supreme Court ruled that RCTV could remain on cable television despite government pressure.

* Follow-up #2: "Go! Go! Turn! Turn! Turn!" where the last words uttered by the co-pilot in Brazil’s deadliest airline crash as investigators revealed that mechanical failures may have been behind the accident.

Sources (English)- Christian Science Monitor, BBC News, Forbes, ABC News, International herald Tribune, The Latin Americanist, CNN

Sources (Spanish)- El Diario/La Prensa

Image- faceliftmexico.com

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