* Latin America: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe met yesterday in Caracas and signed several bilateral economic deals.* Mexico: Pop singer Gloria Trevi- whose 90s pop superstardom was derailed by her implication in a sex scandal- sued Mexico’s TV Azteca for libel and defamation.
* Panama: The Council on Hemispheric Affairs examines if the Panama’ Canal’s expansion will be a boom or bust.
* U.S.: Lawmakers have called for posthumous honorary citizenship to immigrants from countries like the Philippines, Haiti, and Brazil who were killed in this month’s shooting in upstate New York.
Image- El Universal
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, CNN, TheMonitor.com, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, LAHT
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