* Guatemala: Canadian firm CGN was sued by a group of eleven Guatemalan women who clamed that they were victims of a gang rape by security personnel hired by the company.
* Cuba: Will ex-president Jimmy Carter’s visit Havana help improve U.S.-Cuba relations that weakened since the recent conviction of Alan Gross?
* Argentina: Protesters allegedly disappointed at the government’s controversial 2009 media law blocked the entrance to the printing presses for Argentina’s two largest newspapers.
* Bolivia: Miners seeking better work conditions continued their five-day-old strike that has halted operations at one of Bolivia’s top silver and zinc mines.
Image – AP via BBC News (“Hundreds of women are murdered in Guatemala each year.”)
Online Sources- CTV, LAHT, The Guardian, Reuters, The Latin Americanist
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Daily Headlines: March 29, 2011
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Canadian firm CGN was sued by a group of eleven Guatemalan women
where is this link, said not found, I want to know they are, the names, where do they live
f*** canuck gold miners, all for fishing for free, bottom fishing
all canadians I run into, in Centroamerica
I will kick your a**
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