* Argentina: Argentina lost the Davis Cup finals against Spain despite playing in front of an excited home crowd and the absence of Spanish ace Rafael Nadal.* Caribbean: The death penalty will return to Jamaica after a twenty year moratorium.
* Brazil: Troops have been sent to calm tensions in a remote Amazonian town where residents are tired of excessive logging.
* Colombia: Osama bin Laden has been found…as a Colombian policeman’s disguise.
Image- AFP (“Fernando Verdasco celebrates his win” for Spain in the Davis Cup finals.)
Sources- Christian Science Monitor, Guardian UK, BBC News, The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg
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Quite depressing to hear the news that Jamaice will be reinstating the death penalty? Is the death penalty common in the Caribbean as I don't think that it's used in any other Latin American country?
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