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Middle-class Brazilians are benefiting from the country’s relatively new economic stability. McLatchy

Fidel Castro writes a letter to the Communist Youth Union urging the youth of Cuba to sustain the values of the Revolution, which they are too young to remember. Miami Herald

The Chinese presence in Cuba is growing. McLatchy

US congressman Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) announced that he plans to hold hearings on TV and Radio Martí after he returned from a trip to Miami. Miami Herald

Andres Oppenheimer says that the reduction in US aid to $1.5 billion towards Latin America in 2008 goes against public statements made by the Bush administration earlier this year and is unwise considering $1 billion approved for a border fence. Miami Herald

The Copa America begins in Venezuela this week amidst internal criticism towards President Hugo Chavez. Financial Times

Chavez missed the latest Mercosur meeting. Financial Times

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