Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Daily Headlines: February 20, 2008

* Venezuela’s government is trying to crackdown on businesses accused of food hoarding.

* Apparently nobody’s satisfied with a new edict obligating police in Phoenix, Arizona to check the immigration status of all those who are arrested.

* Canada and Colombia are close to reaching a free trade deal according to Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister.

* Mexico's Economy Minister said that foreign direct investment rose to over $23 billion in 2007, the most since 2001.

* Could Paraguay’s next president be a suspended Catholic bishop?

Sources- New York Times, Reuters UK, AFP, Bloomberg, Catholic World News

Image- MSNBC (“A Venezuelan woman in the capital Caracas buys food at a government-run supermarket, where prices are subsidized by the country's oil wealth and President Hugo Chavez's social programs.”)

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