* Ecuador: About 30,000 mostly peasant farmers in Ecuador’s Amazon region are hoping that oil giant Chevron pay for the “health and ecological nightmare” caused in the rainforest.* Puerto Rico: With so much distrust between the FBI and Puerto Rico’s independence movement, is it a wise move for an FBI agent to be tapped as the island's next police chief?
* Paraguay: Indigenous tribes in Paraguay claimed that Brazilian cattle ranchers are invading their territory.
* U.S.: The owners of a Massachusetts factory involved in a massive 2007 immigration raid will be forced to pay current and former employees $850,000 in overtime.
Image- San Francisco Sentinel (Contaminated water in Ecuador’s Amazon region).
Sources- boston.com, New York Daily News, Brazzil Mag, Los Angeles Times, The Latin Americanist, miamiherald.com
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