* Paraguayan president Nicanor Duarte (image, third from left) abruptly fired the head of the armed forces as part of a “routine reshuffling” of the military.
* Good news for Hugo Chavez- a recent poll showed that most Venezuelans wouldn’t mind having a multiple-term president.
* Brazil’s budget deficit continues to fall as the government paid off a year-end social security bonus ahead of time.
* Jamaica was ranked 24th in gender equality according to a report published by the World Economic Forum.
* Stop me if you’ve heard this one before- ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was again put under house arrest based on human rights abuses.
Links- Guardian UK, Angus Reid Consultants, Bloomberg, Jamaica Gleaner, Reuters, The Latin Americanist (blog)
Image- Opinion (Bolivia)
Tags- Latin America
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