* Chile: President Sebastian Pinera unveiled a reconstruction plan for areas hit by February’s earthquake that includes raising taxes and having copper companies pay higher royalties.* Bolivia: Roughly two weeks after an international environment summit in Bonn delegations are preparing for an upcoming “people's conference” for global climate change in Cochabamba.
* U.S.: According to the New York Times most U.S. cities “more immigrants are employed in white-collar occupations than in lower-wage work like construction, manufacturing or cleaning.”
* Colombia: Shakira will join South African band Freshlyground to sing the anthem for the soccer World Cup that starts in less than two months.
Image – The Telegraph (“Residents look at a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile.”)
Online Sources- Santiago Times, The Latin Americanist, BBC Sport, New York Times, Reuters
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