11.13.2006
Monday's News Roundup
In Tegucigalpa, poverty striken children live and work at city dumps, collecting food and recyclables from the mountains of trash. Programs designed to remove children from the dumps and enroll them in schools have had moderate success, but this phenomenon exists across Central America. Miami Herald
Former contras in Nicaragua are aghast at the reelection of their former foe, Sandinista Daniel Ortega. Since the end of the contra war, many of the former fighters have remained at the margins of Nicaraguan society. Washington Post
Basing their analysis on videos of the ailing leader, the US believes that Fidel Castro has eighteen months to live with terminal cancer. Miami Herald
Andres Oppenheimer profiles some of the newly elected legislators in the Senate and the House and concludes that the Congress will become much more protectionist in terms of free trade. This includes Democrats who will become committee chairs, such as Charles Rangel and Max Baucus, who voted against DR-CAFTA. Miami Herald
A McDonald's in Oaxaca was fire-bombed by four youths on Sunday, adding to the unrest in the city. AP
In Colombia, where 28 journalists have been murdered in the past decade, threats are a way of life for photojournalists. Miami Herald
The BBC reports on the status of the more than 400,000 Colombians living in Ecuador. Few have been granted official refugee status and encounter discrimination as they attempt to establish themselves. BBC
Despite crusading against NAFTA in his 1992 presidential bid, Ross Perot has expanded Perot Systems into Mexico, opening a technology center in Guadalajara. New York Times
Former contras in Nicaragua are aghast at the reelection of their former foe, Sandinista Daniel Ortega. Since the end of the contra war, many of the former fighters have remained at the margins of Nicaraguan society. Washington Post
Basing their analysis on videos of the ailing leader, the US believes that Fidel Castro has eighteen months to live with terminal cancer. Miami Herald
Andres Oppenheimer profiles some of the newly elected legislators in the Senate and the House and concludes that the Congress will become much more protectionist in terms of free trade. This includes Democrats who will become committee chairs, such as Charles Rangel and Max Baucus, who voted against DR-CAFTA. Miami Herald
A McDonald's in Oaxaca was fire-bombed by four youths on Sunday, adding to the unrest in the city. AP
In Colombia, where 28 journalists have been murdered in the past decade, threats are a way of life for photojournalists. Miami Herald
The BBC reports on the status of the more than 400,000 Colombians living in Ecuador. Few have been granted official refugee status and encounter discrimination as they attempt to establish themselves. BBC
Despite crusading against NAFTA in his 1992 presidential bid, Ross Perot has expanded Perot Systems into Mexico, opening a technology center in Guadalajara. New York Times
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