Seven Mexicans were killed in two simultaneous attacks in police stations near Acapulco. Assailants were disguised as army officers. LA Times
The foreign minister of Ecuador criticized the proposed cut in US counter-narcotics aid in the 2008 budget request. Financial Times
Thousands of miners descended upon La Paz protesting Bolivian president Evo Morales’ increasing of mining taxes. AP
A class-action antitrust lawsuit has been filed against Citgo, a subsidiary of PDVSA, which accuses the company of price-fixing through Venezuela’s membership in OPEC. Washington Times
President Lula of Brazil criticized the world’s rich countries for not doing more on the issue of global warming. BBC
Argentina’s presidential election approaches in ten months, and it is unclear whether president Nestor Kirschner or his wife, a senator, will run. AP
The Miami Herald laments Hugo Chavez’s turn towards becoming a “democratically elected dictator” and surmises that the result could end being symbolic of the failure of the OAS’s Inter-American Democratic Charter. Miami Herald
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