President Bush prepares to visit five Latin American countries after setting out a few new, relatively small aid programs for the region in a Monday speech. New York Times, Washington Post, Miami Herald, LA Times
Guatemala will ask the US for aid in the fight against drug trafficking. AP
Fernando Araujo is now Colombia’s foreign minister after six years in captivity as a FARC hostage. Washington Post
The migration of Bolivian indigenous women from the countryside to El Alto represents a difficult and drastic transition. Washington Post
Miami congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen urges the arrest of five former Iranian officials suspected in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Miami Herald
The LA Times editorial page states that Mexico’s treatment of migrants from Central America is unjustified and hypocritical. LA Times
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