12.07.2006
Thursday's News
As Cuban families are opting to have fewer children, birthrates are plummeting and the country's population is aging. The consequences could be a flight of youth after a regime change. Miami Herald
The Cuban government has released dissident Hector Palacios from jail for health reasons. Miami Herald
Andres Oppenheimer discusses the rise of religious populism in Latin America, and admits that it makes him nervous. Miami Herald
Leaders of the AUC paramilitary group in Colombia in jail, in response to a prison transfer, have claimed to have called off the demobilization process with the Colombian government. LA Times, AP
With gasoline costing 17 cents a gallon in Venezuela compared to over 5 dollars a gallon in Brazil, gas smuggling has become a problem on the Brazilian-Venezuelan border. New York Times
Hugo Chavez's victory caps off a year of twelve elections in the region, but there were two types of leftist candidates that won. Christian Science Monitor
The Cuban government has released dissident Hector Palacios from jail for health reasons. Miami Herald
Andres Oppenheimer discusses the rise of religious populism in Latin America, and admits that it makes him nervous. Miami Herald
Leaders of the AUC paramilitary group in Colombia in jail, in response to a prison transfer, have claimed to have called off the demobilization process with the Colombian government. LA Times, AP
With gasoline costing 17 cents a gallon in Venezuela compared to over 5 dollars a gallon in Brazil, gas smuggling has become a problem on the Brazilian-Venezuelan border. New York Times
Hugo Chavez's victory caps off a year of twelve elections in the region, but there were two types of leftist candidates that won. Christian Science Monitor
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