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Brazil struggles to prepare Rio to host the Pan American Games, to be held beginning July 13. New York Times

The city of Buenaventura on Colombia’s Pacific coast is the country’s deadliest. New York Times

Continued revelations from former Colombia paramilitary commanders claim that paramilitarism was “state policy.” Washington Post

Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte calls for continued cooperation with Colombia. Miami Herald

The murder of the transit chief of a Monterrey suburb is the 25^th murder this year in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. Dallas Morning News

Brazilian president Lula and Paraguayan president Duarte recently met to discuss the triple border at Ciudad del Este, and Lula announced that Brazil had scrapped plans to build a wall on the Brazilian side of Friendship Bridge. AP

Venezuelans protested in Caracas the failure to renew the license of private television station RCTV. AP, BBC

Chilean president Michelle Bachelet apologized again for the difficulties on the 100 day anniversary of the Transantiago, and promised to invest more in education and transit. AP, BBC

Brazil’s minister of energy is implicated in a scheme that alleges he took bribes to award electricity contracts. BBC