Chinese President Hu Jintao traveled to Cuba to sign multiple trade deals with the island nation, including an agreement to send food aid.

Former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle has agreed to become President-elect Barack Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services while Eric Holder, a former Deputy Attorney General during the Clinton administration, has been nominated to become United States Attorney General. If approved, Holder will become the first African-American Attorney General in U.S. history.

Two people have died and six others have been injured in Nicaragua after violent protests of the country's municipal elections. The left-wing Sandinista party, which is leading most of the races, is denying accusations of voter fraud.

The chief of staff for President-elect Barack Obama wants to provide financial aid to America's ailing auto industry. General Motors, once one of America's strongest companies, could be bankrupt within the year.

University of Texas at Brownsville President Juliet Garcia, the first Mexican-American woman in charge of a four-year university, has been named to Barack Obama's transition team. (via Guanabee)

The leaders of Cuba, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Venezuela have all declared their support for President-elect Barack Obama. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega called the election "revolutionary." (via Foreign Policy)

A plane crash that killed Mexico's Interior Minister, Juan Camilo Mouriño, and 12 others in Mexico City is being ruled an accident. Mouriño, who was considered second in command of México's government, was also the country's top anti-drug official.

In honor of Barack Obama's presidential victory, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has declared today a national holiday in his country. Obama's father, a Kenyan economist, passed away in a car accident in 1982. Meanwhile, the city of Obama, Japan is also celebrating.

This year's election had the highest voter turnout in over 40 years.

Senator Barack Obama was elected president with over 65 percent of the Latino vote.