Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Daily Headlines: May 6, 2008

* Brazil: Going to visit Rio de Janeiro? A company is offering tourists tours of the city’s poorest neighborhoods including the “chance to meet armed drug dealers.”

* El Salvador: Let’s hope this doesn’t give Don Francisco any wild ideas – a former Salvadoran TV host has launched himself as a presidential candidate.

* Mexico: A mass quinceañera party was recently held in Mexico City for a few hundred impoverished familes.

* U.S.: Little by little, plans for a national Latino museum are coming true.

Image- NPR (“Brazilian soldiers patrol the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, March 2006.”)

Sources- MiamiHerald.com, chicagotribune.com, Christian Science Monitor, BBC News


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