* 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
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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