Daily Headlines: November 2, 2007

* Follow-up: The Council on Foreign Relations delves into a subject we discussed last month: the close relationship between the presidents of Venezuela and Colombia.

* A study released this week confirmed the obvious: U.S. immigration raids have resulted in mental health problems for children of illegal immigrants.

* Buenos Aires took another step forward in attracting gay tourism by opening Latin America’s first luxury gay hotel.

* Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim rejected claims that his country was starting an arms race with Venezuela.

* Racism is a "profound and entrenched" problem in the Dominican Republic according to the U.N.

Sources- Council on Foreign Relations, The Latin Americanist, AFP, Xinhua, stuff.co.nz

Image- New York Times