Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Daily Headlines: January 30, 2008

* Colombian guerrilla leader Ricardo Palmera was sentenced to sixty years in prison by a U.S. federal court.

* Famed Uruguayan novelist Mario Benedetti is gradually recovering after having been hospitalized last week according to doctors.

* Six members of Argentina’s Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo ended a protest where they had barricaded themselves inside a Buenos Aires church.

* Soccer teams in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America will soon compete in a new tournament similar to Europe’s Champions League.

Sources (English)- Reuters Canada, New York Times, Wikipedia

Sources (Spanish)- Milenio, El Pais

Image- BBC News

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