* Colombia: The New York Times’ Simon Romero takes a look at the reality of Colombia; one where the usually safe cities are at “a disconnect” with the continued armed conflict in the rest of the country.
* Brazil: Days after declining an invite to join OPEC, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised to use revenue from recently discovered offshore oil fields to combat poverty.
* Honduras: A court convicted a former jail official with over 1000 years in prison for his role in a 2003 massacre that killed 69 inmates.
* Dominican Republic: International press group Reporters Without Borders denounced Dominican police for posing as journalists in order to infiltrate into “grassroots movements.”
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Sources- The Latin Americanist, BBC News, Thaindian News, Reporters Without Borders, IHT
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