* Puerto Rico: Call it a Boricua bailout - days after announcing the layoffs of over 16,000 public workers Gov. Luis Fortuño will reportedly ask the White House for millions of dollars in federal aid.* Panama: Rest in peace Guillermo Endara; the presidential successor to Manuel Noriega after Noriega was ousted by a U.S. military invasion died at 73.
* Cuba: The U.S. government has cleared 75 Guantanamo prisoners for release ether to be put on trial or for repatriation.
* Ecuador: Hundreds of indigenous Ecuadorians blocked part of the Pan American highway to protest new water, mining and oil laws.
Image- ABC News (“Steel workers work at a construction site in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. (In March) Gov. Luis Fortuno says thousands of layoffs, along with new taxes, will be needed to shore up Puerto Rico's ailing economy, which is in its third year of recession.”)
Online Sources- FT.com, MSNB, Guardian UK, Reuters, Orlando Sentinel
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