* Chile: As she enters her last full month in the presidency Michelle Bachelet will leave office with an impressive 83% approval rating.* Guatemala: While human rights activists welcomed the declassifying of military archives from Guatemala’s 36-year civil war they also worry that little will be done to punish those responsible for atrocities.
* Bolivia: According to a Bolivian newspaper 138 minors have been raped in shelters and administrators in one shelter tried to cover up the abuse of at least 42 children.
* Venezuela: Authorities in Venezuela deported suspected Colombian drug capo Salomon Camacho to the U.S. as well as a wanted paramilitary leader to neighboring Colombia.
Image – CBC (Chilean president Michelle Bachelet is about to leave office wit her highest popularity since being inaugurated in January 2006).
Online Sources- People’s Daily Online, IPS News, LAHT, TVNZ
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