* Latin America: As part of yesterday’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women a new U.N. report concluded that two out of every five women in Latin America have been targets of physical abuse.* Puerto Rico: Thousands of Puerto Ricans marched in San Juan in remembrance of gay teen activist brutally slain earlier this month.
* Colombia: A local court sentenced a former general to forty years in jail for his role in a 1997 massacre carried out by rightist paramilitaries.
* Argentina: The country’s legislature named as “Woman of the Year” a transsexual who fought legally for a decade to be legally identified as a woman.
Image – BBC News
Online Sources- AP, The Latin Americanist, Los Angeles Times, LAHT, MSNBC
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