Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Daily Headlines: November 27, 2012
* Panama: At least five people are dead and parts of Panama are under a state of emergency as a result of damage from torrential rainfall.
* Puerto Rico: The murder of former champion boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho has shined a light on the rampant violence in Puerto Rico that includes at least 858 homicides this year.
* U.S.: Could “undocumented immigrants” be named as Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2012?
* Colombia: One of the FARC negotiators involved in peace talks between the guerillas and the Colombian government claimed that both sides are “on the same wavelength.”
* Argentina: The Argentine government is hoping that a U.S. appeals court will halt a ruling last week obligating them to pay $1.3 billion in debts to foreign creditors.
* Brazil: An estimated 200,000 people in Rio de Janeiro participated in protests urging President Dilma Rousseff to veto a bill that would modify oil royalties.
* Mexico: Immigration and the economy are expected to be two of the main issues to be discussed today at a meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Mexican President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto.
Video Source – YouTube via user apvideonews
Online Sources- Al Jazeera English, Huffington Post, NBC Latino, Washington Post, CNN, USA TODAY, euronews