* U.S.: HIV infections among Latinos is growing at an alarming rate according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control; Latinas are four times as likely to be infected as white women while “male-to-male sexual contact “ made up 72% of new infections in Latinos.* Cuba: Ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro was given the Ubuntu award by the National Heritage Council of South Africa as a result of his “humanitarian values.”
* Puerto Rico: Three people have been acquitted in animal cruelty case where over 80 pets were thrown off a bridge and to their deaths.
* Guatemala: Authorities detained 56 migrants on a ship off the Guatemalan coast.
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Sources- The Latin Americanist, AFP, BBC News, Xinhua, New York Times, Reuters
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