* Latin America: The Rio Group summit ended with a declaration calling for the end of the U.S. embargo on Cuba and "a change in US policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean".* U.S: A funeral mass was held in New York for Jose Sucuzhañay, the slain Ecuadorian migrant who was recently killed in a despicable attack.
* El Salvador: Free trade and counternarcotics efforts were two of the main topics discussed during Salvadoran president Tony Saca’s visit to the White House on Tuesday.
* Venezuela: An Uruguayan defendant was sentenced to nearly three years in jail for his role in the “Maletagate” incident.
Image- Voice of America (“Some of the Latin American summit participants at the Costa do Sauipe resort, 16 Dec 2008.”)
Sources- Reuters, The Latin Americanist, AFP, BBC News, NY1, Voice of America, El Universal
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