Follow-ups on headlines from Canada, Uruguay, and other areas

Canada about to deport Costa Rican family: With all appeals exhausted a Costa Rican family (left image) that lived illegally in Canada for several years left on Saturday (Canada Day, no less) for Costa Rica. Though one of the family members is Canadian-born, a judge ordered the family’s’ deportation last week.

Argentina and Uruguay continue paper dispute: The governments of Uruguay and Argentina are still waiting for the International Court of Justice to decide if a Finnish firm can build a paper mill near the Uruguay/Argentina border. (For differing perspectives on the issue, please check the comments left behind from bloggers in Finland and Uruguay).

Peruvians divided over supporting free trade pact: Peru’s congress overwhelming approved a free trade deal between that country and the U.S. despite lack of widespread support amongst the populace.

So which left is right…: Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, responded to Jorge Castañeda’s essay on Latin America’s political shift to the left.

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