* Latin America: According to according to an International Red Cross report “social and economic inequality” has caused the spread of AIDS throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
* Brazil: Was an environmental summit held in Brazil weeks before a major conference in Copenhagen a failure?
* Cuba: The country will celebrate its Day of Defense today as the armed forces winds down five days of major military exercises.
* Chile: FIFA backed down from its threat of taking away Chile’s spot in the World Cup after a local club dropped its lawsuit against the Chilean soccer federation.
Image – AFP (“A nurse draws blood from a patient for an HIV test in Johannesburg”).
Online Sources- LAHT, ESPN, Al Jazeera English, CNN
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Weekend Headlines: November 28-29, 2009
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