* U.S.: "I want to clean up the mess that exists in the Department of Interior," said Senator Nominee Ken Salazar during Interior Secretary confirmation hearings yesterday.* Colombia: On the one hand, the country’s FARC guerillas released ten people held hostage for nearly a month. On the other hand, the FARC have been accused of killing three children in a shootout with police.
* Brazil: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to “see Latin American countries as democratic partners rather than problems.”
* Cuba: The country’s Commission on Human Rights reported that 207 Cubans are being held as political prisoners by the Castro regime.
Image- AP (“In this Jan. 6, 2009 file photo, Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., is greeted by members at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute ceremony to honor the Hispanic-American members of the 111th Congress in Washington.”)
Online Sources- Xinhua, LAHT, Los Angeles Times, Reuters
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