* Rest in peace Bishop Ivo Lorscheiter (image) – vocal critic of Brazil’s military rule from 1964 to 1985 and champion of liberation theology. * Compare and contrast- the U.S. has sent over $1 million in aid to flood-ravaged Bolivia, but Venezuela has sent $15 million in assistance.
*Argentina’s Supreme Court ruled that the country’s ruling soccer body must pay compensation to a man that lost his sight during a 1996 riot.
* Brazil’s government rejected a U.S. government report on human rights since information may have been “politically motivated.”
* Communism should end in Cuba once Fidel Castro dies, said U.S. President George W. Bush to the press on Tuesday.
* Venezuelan police arrested a retired National Guard general accused of plotting a coup against Hugo Chavez.
* Member states of the Rio Group agreed to several things during their summit earlier this week including further aid to Haiti and backing Argentina’s “legitimate rights” to the Falklands.
Links- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Wikipedia, landreform.org, China Post, The Latin Americanist, ESPN Soccernet, International Herald Tribune, CNN, Caribbean Net News, MercoPress
Image- Terra – Brasil
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