* U.S.: Spaniard Penelope Cruz won the Oscar for best supporting actress while "Slumdog Millionaire" dominated the 81st Academy Awards with eight honors.* Mexico: The police chief of Ciudad Juarez quit after receiving death threats from drug gangs.
* Haiti: Earlier this month Swiss officials announced that they will return over $ 6 million in frozen assets belonging to ex-dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier.
* Ecuador: Was a U.S. diplomat expelled last week from Ecuador really “the head of the CIA” in that country?
Image- AP (“Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a supporting role for her work in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," arrives for the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello).”)
Online Sources- Reuters, AHN, CNN, Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist
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