Daily Headlines: October 15, 2009

* Colombia: As seen in the above video, former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria reiterated comments made in part last February criticizing the U.S.-led “war on drugs” and calling for a greater emphasis on rehabilitation.

* U.S.: A group of Latino farmers alleging that they were discriminated from receiving federal loans are trying to push their case so that it receives class-action status.

* Ecuador: The mother of a California teen killed last month in Ecuador has urged officials there to do more to solve the murder.

* Latin America: The world’s first vegetarian spider has been purportedly located in a species found in southern Mexico and most of Central America.

Online Sources- UPI, CNN, the Latin Americanist, New York Times, Voice of America