* Latin America: Immigrant "destination countries” should use the recession to “institute a new deal for migrants — one that that will benefit workers at home and abroad while guarding against a protectionist backlash" according to a U.N. study released yesterday.* Mexico: The country’s economy may be in its worse recession since the 1930s but that hasn’t stopped Wal-Mart’s Mexico divisions from posting high profits.
* Guatemala: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized the election of Guatemala’s Supreme Court judges which was rushed and “lacked transparency and objectivity.”
* Chile: Four former army officials were will face jail over covering up a 1992 murder related to an illegal arms deal with Croatia.
Image- CBC (“Mexican workers in Manitoba”)
Online Sources- Bloomberg, Xinhua, MSNBC, The Latin Americanist, AFP
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