* Brazil: Environment minister Marina Silva resigned on Tuesday in a move decried by environmentalists.
* Latin America: Did economic pressure from the World Bank at underdeveloped countries fuel the global food crisis?
* Venezuela: The Venezuelan and Portuguese heads of state signed an oil-for-food deal in anticipation of this weekend’s European Union-Latin America summit.
* Chile: The evacuated town of Chaiten will be shutdown for three months due to the eruptions of a nearby volcano.
Sources- Monsters & Critics, Bloomberg, MSNBC, BBC News
Image- MSNBC (“Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula of Silva, right, speaks with his Environment Minister Marina Silva at an Amazon conservation program in Brasilia on May 8. The minister resigned Tuesday.”)
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