Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Daily Headlines: February 3, 2009

* Latin America: Could we soon enter a post-Monroe Doctrine era in U.S.-Latin America relations?

* Cuba: The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation said that political detentions continue to slowly decline yet there’s been an increase in “short-term arbitrary detentions."

* Bolivia: Will Bolivia’s government or foreign multinationals win the battle over who gets to control the Andean country's vast lithium reserves?

* Paraguay: Two policemen were killed when a piece of the roof of Paraguay’s main soccer stadium collapsed during a game.

Image- Boston College
Online Sources- IHT, MSNBC, Foreign Policy in Focus, CNN

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