Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Daily Headlines: October 14, 2009

* Haiti: The United Nations Security Council unanimously backed the mandate for having troops in Haiti for one more year.

* Cuba: It isn’t easy being a blogger in Cuba; not only is freedom of expression a luxury but so is freedom to travel.

* Panama: An OAS-affiliated human rights council is expected to hear the case of an Ecuadorian migrant who claimed he was tortured by Panamanian police.

* Colombia: A former Colombian paramilitary commander confessed to local prosecutors that his men were behind a 2000 massacre of 38 people.

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Online Sources- Xinhua, CNN, LAHT, The Latin Americanist, Amnesty International

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