* Chile: Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón ordered that the widow of ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet post a $77 million bond after being suspected of money laundering for her late husband. * Venezuela: After having nationalized several private banks earlier this week Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez threatened more banks with state intervention.
* Mexico: Authorities discovered a tunnel below the U.S.-Mexico measuring nearly 1000 feet in length.
* Latin America: According to the World Bank, Latin America is in a better position than other regions to survive the effects of a possible Dubai debt default.
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Online Sources- Bloomberg, Reuters, MSNBC, New York Times, The Latin Americanist
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