* Chile: The late Chilean author Roberto Bolaño’s first unpublished book entitled “El Terser Reich” will be released “in the coming weeks” throughout Latin America.
* Colombia: The U.S.-Colombia free trade pact has been held up due to Colombia’s unsatisfactory human rights record yet Treasury Secretary Timothy Either claimed that the agreement would be passed this year.
* Cuba: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Cuba next week as part of an official visit aiming to deepen Russian ties to the region.
* Mexico: Former Sonora drug cartel leader Miguel Angel Caro Quintero was sentenced to seventeen years in jail yesterday.
Image – TIME
Online Sources- The Latin Americanist, People’s Daily Online, Houston Chronicle, LAHT, Colombia Reports
Friday, February 5, 2010
Daily Headlines: February 5, 2010
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