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The Wall Street Journal provides a recap of Latin America’s strong stock market performance for 2006. Wall Street Journal

A new generation of young leaders, such as Fidel Castro’s niece Mariela, will chart Cuba’s path. Christian Science Monitor

Three explosions at a police warehouse in Sao Paulo has left one officer dead and three injured. BBC

Brazilian president Inacio Luiz Lula da Silva was sworn in to his second term of office, vowing to spur economic growth and attack violence that he called “terrorism.” AP

Bolivian president Evo Morales passed a decree requiring a visa for US travelers to Bolivia, calling it a “matter of reciprocity.” AP

Members of FARC killed four civilians on New Year’s Day in the Colombia province of Antioquia. AP

The disappearance of Jorge Julio Lopez, a witness in the trial of Luis Patti, accused of human rights abuses while serving as a police officer in Argentina’s Dirty War, has cast a shadow over the proceedings after a first witness was kidnapped and then released. Financial Times

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced that he would not renew the license of private television station RCTV, the second-largest in the country, when it is up for renewal in March. New York Times

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