* Guatemala: President Alvaro Colom declared Guatemala in a “state of calamity” as the country faces a serious food shortage that has killed 25 children this year.* Mexico: Several mothers in Ciudad Juarez protested attorney general-designee Arturo Chavez and claimed that he did little to investigate the unsolved murders of dozens of women.
* Cuba: Western Union reached a deal with the Treasury Department that will reflect the changes in remittance rules to Cuba.
* U.S.: Sonia Sotomayor listened to a case involving campaign finance during her first day on the Supreme Court bench yesterday.
Image- BBC News (“Almost half of Guatemala's children suffer chronic malnutrition.”)
Online Sources- AHN, The Latin Americanist, bizjournals.com, New York Daily News, New York Times
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