Thursday, August 14, 2008

Daily Headlines: August 14, 2008

* Latin America: Facebook has overcome MySpace to become the world's most popular social networking website, partly with the help of massive growth in Latin America.

(Miguel provides more information on the growth of Facebook and the Americas).

* Puerto Rico: The island’s pro-statehood political party has backed an initiative creating a bilingual ballot for November’s U.S. elections.

* South America: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will visit two countries who are among the 23 that recognized Taiwan- Paraguay and the Dominican Republic.

* Bolivia: Coca production continues to grow in the landlocked South American country according to a “top U.S. anti-drug official”.

Image- AFP

Sources- miamiherald.com, Bloomberg, New York Daily News, The Economic Times


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