Thursday, September 4, 2008

Daily Headlines: September 4, 2008

* Nicaragua: First it was Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and now it’s Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega who supports Russia’s stance on the breakaway Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

* Puerto Rico: Researchers in Puerto Rico concluded that sexually or physically abused children have an increased risk in developing asthma.

* Ecuador: According to a recent poll 56% of Ecuadorians support a government-backed constitutional draft.

* Argentina: President Cristina Fernandez said that her country will pay back a multibillion dollar debt to the Paris Club of lending countries.

Image- AFP ("Russian soldiers stand near a burnt-down building in the ethnic-Georgian village of Avnevi.")

Sources- CNN, MSNBC, Monsters & Critics, The Latin Americanist, Reuters India

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