* Venezuelan opposition candidate Manuel Rosales (image) said that he would call for a legislative election if he were to upset Hugo Chavez and become president.
* Spanish firm Telefonica will invest $1 billion to improve Peru’s telephone infrastructure.
* Thousands of truckers in Uruguay have refused to drive as a protest against the government’s plan to raise the price of diesel fuel.
* Panama’s government celebrated voters’ overwhelming approval of a plan to expand the Panama Canal.
* The man believed to be Brazil’s worst serial killer was sentenced to almost 21 years in jail for the murder of a 15-year-old boy.
Links- Reuters, Taipei Times, MarketWatch, The Scotsman
Image- hechosdehoy.com (Spain)
Tags- Uruguay, Venezuela, Panama, Peru, Brazil
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