* Guatemala: DNA samples and text messaging are the latest tools being used to identify the remains of thousands of Guatemalans “disappeared” during last century’s bloody civil war.* Mexico: Saturday was a very gruesome day of violence in Mexico, while the country’s National Human Rights Commission blasted authorities for not doing more to protect journalists.
* Chile: On Monday, Chile became the second Latin America country to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
* Brazil: Conservative sectors such as the military and Catholic Church are peeved at a government-backed plan to establish a truth commission.
Image – daylife.com (“A man looks at pictures of people disappeared during Guatemala’s internal conflict (1960-96) in the National Congress in Guatemala City, on July 09, 2008.”)
Online Sources- BBC News, MSNBC, Xinhua, IPS, New York Times
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