Monday, July 6, 2009

Daily Headlines: July 6, 2009

* Mexico: About 350 people protested the lack of justice and government corruption related to a nursery school fire that killed 48 children last month.

* Venezuela: The government nationalized the Venezuelan division of Spain’s Banco Santander.

* Ecuador: Will 23-year-old Ecuador international Antonio Valencia be enough to replace Cristiano Ronaldo on Manchester United?

* Peru: Nearly a month after claiming he would quit due to violent protests against the government, Prime Minister Yehude Simon said on Friday that he would resign sometime this week.

Image- CNN (“Two girls lay flowers during a funeral of one of the 48 children who died in the day-care fire.”)
Online Sources- LAHT, BBC Sport, Reuters, The Latin Americanist, Voice of America

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