12.18.2006
Monday's News
Rebels ambushed a police convoy in the Ayacucho region of Peru, killing seven. BBC
The delegation of US congressmen traveling to Cuba were told that Fidel Castro does not have cancer nor is he suffering from a terminal disease, and will return to public life. AP, New York Times
Andres Oppenheimer cautions that despite predictions for solid growth in 2007, Latin America should not be so optimistic because much of this growth is due to a favorable external climate. Miami Herald
Elias Valencia, a suspected head of the Valencia cartel, was arrested in Mexico's Michoacan state, representing the first significant arrest since over 6,000 troops were sent to the region by president Felipe Calderon. AP
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's decision to allow the morning-after contraception pill to be available for free in state-run hospitals has been the source of controversy in the socially conservative country. New York Times
John Londregan writes about the fallacy of Pinochet's apologists. The Weekly Standard
The delegation of US congressmen traveling to Cuba were told that Fidel Castro does not have cancer nor is he suffering from a terminal disease, and will return to public life. AP, New York Times
Andres Oppenheimer cautions that despite predictions for solid growth in 2007, Latin America should not be so optimistic because much of this growth is due to a favorable external climate. Miami Herald
Elias Valencia, a suspected head of the Valencia cartel, was arrested in Mexico's Michoacan state, representing the first significant arrest since over 6,000 troops were sent to the region by president Felipe Calderon. AP
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet's decision to allow the morning-after contraception pill to be available for free in state-run hospitals has been the source of controversy in the socially conservative country. New York Times
John Londregan writes about the fallacy of Pinochet's apologists. The Weekly Standard
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