Monday, September 22, 2008

Daily Headlines: September 22, 2008

* Central America: “We all smuggle in a cocaine-filled submarine/

cocaine-filled submarine, cocaine-filled submarine”...

* Mexico: Mexico’s government proposed to create an anti-kidnap police force, while crime continues to grow throughout the country.

* Venezuela: Chile’s government criticized their Venezuelan counterparts for the expulsion of Human Rights Watch president Jose Miguel Vivanco last Thursday. (Vivanco is a Chilean citizen).

* Ecuador: President Rafael Correa offered to resign if the country’s draft constitution is voted down in a referendum next Sunday.

Image- MSNBC (“U.S. Navy sailors stand Wednesday atop the semi-submersible vessel found with seven tons of cocaine off Costa Rica last Saturday.”)

Sources- Reuters, CNN, Bloomberg, MercoPress, The Latin Americanist, BBC News, SourceWatch

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