Friday, December 14, 2007

Daily Headlines: December 14, 2007

* For a third year, Venezuelan oil officials will deliver discounted home-heating oil to impoverished U.S. homes.

* Good news: Juanes announced the U.S. dates of his 2008 tour.

Bad news: So did RBD.

* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suffered a setback after the legislature rejected his latest budget initiatives.

* The International Court of Justice ruled in favor of Colombia over Nicaragua in the dispute over three Caribbean islands.

* Follow-up: A pair of moderate earthquakes struck northern Chile on Thursday nearly a month after a strong tremor in that area killed two people.

Sources (English)- VivirLatino, Monsters & Critics, The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg, Reuters UK, International Herald Tribune

Sources (Spanish)- Voy Music

Image- The Boston Globe (“Citgo chief executive Alejandro Granado (right) and Joseph P. Kennedy II, Citizens Energy founder, were in Braintree. (Stephan Savoia/Associated Press)”)


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