Morning headlines: Chileans take smoking ban in stride; kidnapped TV reporter released

*Tough new anti-smoking laws take effect in Chile. (Image depicts a cigarette billboard in Bogota, Colombia).

*Blogger Boli-Nica covers several editorials on the formerly banned book “Vamos a Cuba.”

* Recently inaugurated Peruvian presidency Alan Garcia starts with high popularity.

*Review of BBC documentary that focuses on high number of women killed in Guatemala.

*Australians mourn tourist killed in Jamaica.

*Blogger Wonkette takes a tongue-in-cheek look at one of the photos published on Monday between Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro. (Link may be Not Safe for Work).

*Gang releases Brazilian TV reporter after holding him hostage for nearly two days.

*Copper prices rise due to Chilean mine strike.

*Prominent anti-Chavez activist escapes from jail.

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