* The Los Angeles Times looks at Latin Americans hired to serve as private security in Iraq and Afghanistan.
* Tourists are returning to Oaxaca nearly two years after chaotic violent protests.
* Unemployment in Latin America dropped for a fifth straight year in 2007 according to the International Labor Organization.
* Much like last year, the Brazilian Catholic Church is adamantly opposed to free condom distribution during the Carnival season.
Sources- Los Angeles Times, San Jose Mercury News, the Latin Americanist, Reuters, Canadian Press
Image- Journal Peru (“Latin American mercenaries in Iraq.”)
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