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President Bush and congressional Democrats have been in talks to come to compromises on free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama as well as on the Doha round. Wall Street Journal

A recently released World Bank report states that Brazil must reduce its regulatory barriers to private sector investment in infrastructure. Financial Times

Five Cuban dissidents arrested two years ago received two-year prison sentences. Miami Herald

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe declared that the government would not offer amnesty to guerilla rebels for demobilizing. AP

Andres Oppenheimer comments on the positive impact of free trade agreements between Latin America and the US: Miami Herald

Colombia is investigating 69 soldiers accused in the 2005 San Jose de Apartado massacre. AP

The fifth of six policeman accused of the murders of three Salvadoran deputies to the Central American Parliament turned himself into authorities. AP

Mexican president Felipe Calderon will announce his own immigration reform package shortly before President Bush’s visit to the country. AP

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