* Latin America: Chilean José Miguel Insulza was reelected secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Wednesday yet the Christian Science Monitor wonders if “the world’s oldest regional group is still relevant?”* Argentina: Speaking of the OAS the body may provide a significant role in the dispute between Argentina and Britain over oil drilling near the Falkland Islands.
* U.S.: According to a prosecutor’s witness at the hate crime murder trial of Marcelo Lucero one of the assailants allegedly taunted him by saying “you come to this country to take our money from us.”
* Venezuela: The government’s latest plan to counter the country’s energy woes is to declare all of the upcoming Holy Week as a national holiday.
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Online Sources- UPI, LAHT, New York Times, The Latin Americanist, Christian Science Monitor
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