* Uruguay: Aside from Honduras there was another important election yesterday in Uruguay where former guerilla and ex-minister Jose Mujica became the new president-elect.* Brazil: Scotland Yard has reached a settlement with the family of Jean Charles de Menezes- a Brazilian migrant gunned down by police who mistook him for a potential terrorist.
* Peru: The government issued a “historical pardon” to the country’s Afro-Peruvian population for countless abuses and discrimination from the colonial era up to the present.
* Latin America: Pope Benedict XVI met with the Argentine and Chilean presidents over the weekend.
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Online Sources- LAHT, Reuters, AFP, CNN, Guardian UK
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