* A filmmaker alleged that her documentary on the abuses of Haitian sugar workers in the Dominican Republic is being “blackballed” by a major sugar firm.
* “(I hope to have) better relations with whoever is elected the next U.S. President” said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez yesterday.
* The Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay expressed his resistance to a bill that would allow gay couples to adopt children.
* Mexico’s government has promised to invest $21 billion so that nearly all the population can have access to clean water.
Sources- OrlandoSentinel.com, Bloomberg, BBC News, Catholic News Agency
Image- New York Times (Scene from “The Price of Sugar.”)
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