* Colombia: At around 3:30pm EST an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale rattled central Colombia including the capital Bogota. (More details on that as well as this vital piece of news on Monday).
* Chile: As if volcanic eruptions weren’t enough now parts of Chile have been hit by major flooding.
* Ecuador: Is the U.S. too racist to elect Barack Obama as president? Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa thinks so.
* Brazil: Hundreds of natives swam down the Xingu River in protest against the construction of a dam project.
Sources– Reuters, Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist, BBC News, CNN, SignOnSanDiego.com
Image- USA TODAY (“A neighborhood in Colombia lies in ruin after the 1999 earthquake.”)
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