Monday, March 29, 2010

Daily Headlines: March 29, 2010

* Mexico: President Felipe Calderon claimed that “powerful lobbies in the (U.S.) Congress” are impeding efforts to decrease the stream of illegal arms into Mexico.

* Paraguay: Just over two months since being shot in the head Paraguayan soccer player Salvador Cabanas “has been out taking free kicks and shooting baskets” while rehabilitating in Argentina.

* Peru: At least seven people died in the southeastern part of the country due to torrential rains and flooding.

* Latin America: In a major energy deal for Bolivia the Andean country is expected to quadruple natural gas exports to Argentina by 2021 via an agreement signed last week.

Image – The Telegraph (“Mexican police, such as these officers investigating a violent incident in Juarez, have been threatened by local cartel bosses.”)
Online Sources- Reuters, LAHT, CBC, The Latin Americanist

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