Daily briefs: November 14th

* A Chilean appeals court upheld the government’s plan to provide birth control pills to young girls without parental consent.

* Police and protestors clashed in Guatemala over property owned by a Canadian nickel mining firm.

* A close advisor to Brazil’s president quit amidst strong corruption allegations.

* Senior government officials from Peru and Colombia have gone to Washington to lobby for support of free trade deals between their countries and the U.S.

Links- Reuters, International Herald Tribune, CNN, The Latin Americanist (blog), lifenews.com

Tags- Chile, Brazil,Guatemala, Colombia, Peru, corruption, health, free trade