* U.S.: Time magazine examines the "humanitarian and economic disaster" affecting Postville, Iowa eight months since a massive immigration raid.* Cuba: Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples will urge the White House to ease trade restrictions with Cuba.
* Bolivia: Health officials acknowledged that a dengue fever epidemic is “out of control” and has infected at least 7000 people.
* Brazil: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ordered an increase in the minimum wage by 12% starting next month as a way to stimulate the economy.
Image- Washington Times (“Hundreds of people march down a street, Sunday, July 27, 2008, in Postville, Iowa, during an immigration rally.”)
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, Time.com, chron.com, LAHT, Bloomberg
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