* Ecuador: An Ecuadorian court indicted two lawyers representing oil giant Chevron in connection to the firm’s alleged dumping of contaminated water in the rainforest.* Paraguay: Soy farming may be limited in order to allow for serious land reform according to Paraguayan Agriculture Minister Candido Vera.
* Brazil: The Brazilian government may not be after nuclear weapons yet they’ve set forth an “ambitious plan” to construct up to 60 nuclear power plants within the next 50 years.
* Mexico: Violence continues unabated in Mexico; this time, police found the bodies of 24 people shot and killed south of Mexico City.
Image- MSNBC (“Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa surveys oil-saturated soil in the Amazon…as workers from the state-owned company Petroecuador clean up the area.”)
Sources- The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg, Reuters AlertNet, Xinhua, CNN
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