* “It makes me very sad that in our country justice was never seen” said a Chilean judge regarding today’s one-year anniversary of the death of ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet.
* Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he would be “willing to do ‘anything’” to negotiate the freeing of hostages held by Colombian rebels.
* The port of Uruguay’s capital was shutdown yesterday after a cruise ship and barge crashed.
* Cuba will sign two U.N. human rights agreements, according to remarks made by the island’s foreign minister.
* Follow-up: The pair of Mexican singers killed last week were both posthumously nominated for Grammy Awards.
Sources- Reuters Africa, the Latin Americanist, Xinhua, Reuters, Monsters & Critics, Reuters
Image- Guardian UK (a 2000 protest used crosses to mark those killed under Pinochet’s regime)
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