* Haiti: Former U.S. Presidents George W Bush and Bill Clinton visited earthquake-ravaged Haiti while the E.U. approved a $1.36 billion “development aid” plan.* Brazil: Good news for Brazil’s economy – inflation has slowed down.
* Venezuela: The country’s domestic energy woes are likely to worsen as hydroelectric output is expected to decrease.
* Argentina: The government is one step closer to going through with an exchange of about $20 billion of defaulted bonds.
Image – Christian Science Monitor (“A man looks from inside his tent at a homeless earthquake survivors camp ahead of rainy season in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday.”)
Online Sources- BBC News, BusinessWeek, MSNBC, Bloomberg, UPI
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