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David Puente is the anchor for ABC News' "Exclusiva." He regularly reports on immigration and politics in Latin America and the Hispanic community in the U.S.
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THE HEADLINES
January 26, 2006 3:06 PM
MUCHAS NOTICIAS EN POCAS PALABRAS - LOTS OF NEWS IN FEW WORDS
BOLIVIA
THE NEW PREIDENT WAS INAUGUARTED ON SUNDAY....EVO MORALES, BECOMES THE NATION'S FIRST NATIVE INDIAN PRESIDENT. CHILEAN PRESIDENT RICARDO LAGOS WAS THE FIRST CHILEAN LEADER TO ATTEND A BOLIVIAN INAUGURATION IN 51 YEARS. LAGOS PRESENCE IN LA PAZ WAS AN ATTEMPT TO EASE FRICTION WITH BOLIVIANS WHO HAVE DEMANDED FOR CHILE TO RESTORE ITS HISTORIC ACCESS TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
MEXICO - CHANGE OF PLAN
NOW TO THE UPROAR OVER THE DECISION BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO HELP DISTRIBUTE DETAILED MAPS OF THE U.S. BORDER. MEXICO SAID IT WAS CHANGING ITS PLANS - IT WILL NOT DISTRIBUTE THE MAPS ALTHOUGH INSISTED IT IS IMPORTANT TO PREVENT SOME OF THE HUNDREDS OF DEATHS EACH YEAR DURING ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS. BUT CRITICS - INCLUDING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT -- SAY THE MAP DISTRIBUTION WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. IT'S ESTIMATED THERE ARE 11 MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE U-S.
US/MEXICO
IN TIJUANA TODAY ANOTHER CLANDESTINE TUNNEL WAS DISCOVERED. IT IS THE LATEST OF SEVERAL FOUND OVER THE YEARS - MEXICAN POLICE SAY IT PASSES UNDER THE US-MEXICO BORDER. THE TUNNEL IS OVER 3500 FEET LONG...AND SITS 88 FEET UNDERGROUND. POLICE ALSO FOUND SEVERAL HUNDRED BUNDLES OF DRUGS READY TO BE MOVED THROUGH THE TUNNEL.
USA
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will give the Spanish-language response to President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday. Villaraigosa has been seen as a rising Democratic star.
CUBA
FIDEL CASTRO DIRECTED A MASSIVE PROTEST MARCH PAST THE US INTERESTS SECTION THIS WEEK. THEN CUBAN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SHOWED UP WITH BULLDOZERS. THE QUESTION NOW WHAT WILL THE BULLDOZERS DO - CASTRO SAYS HE'S GOT A PLAN....WE'LL STAY TUNED..
CHILE
IT'S NOT JUST THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH MINE SAFETY...EIGHTY-ONE MINERS WERE RESCUED FROM A COPPER MINE IN CHILE, AFTER A FIRE TRAPPED THEM.
THOSE FLAMES BURNED FOR SEVEN HOURS AND KILLED TWO PEOPLE. THIS IS THE SECOND SUCH FATAL ACCIDENT FOR THE MINE.
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