* Latin America: Ecuador’s LDU Quito are ninety minutes away from winning the Copa Sudamericana after whipping Brazilian side Fluminense 5-1 in the first leg of the final.* Brazil: Some of Rio de Janeiro’s upper-class neighborhoods were hit with a blackout on Tuesday less than two weeks after a massive outage left over 60 million Brazilians briefly in the dark.
* Peru: The country’s Shining Path rebels may form a political group and post candidates for the 2011 general elections.
* Chile: According to a recent autopsy on Victor Jara, the Chilean folk singer and activist was tortured and shot to death shortly after the infamous 1973 military coup.
Image – Soccerway (Edison Mendez’ hat trick helped LDU Quito inch ever so close to winning the Copa Sudamericana).
Online Sources- USA TODAY, The Latin Americanist, Reuters, LAHT, MSNBC
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