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Thursday, May 16, 2013
| Location: | Brazil |
| Category: | Indigenous Communities, Land Tenure |
| Title: | Exclusive-Brazil's Rousseff sides with farmers in Indian land fight |
| Author/Source: | Brian Winter, Caroline Stauffer Reuters |
| Brief: | Following a technical change to land management rules last week, Rousseff has told her government to refrain from approving new applications for Indian lands for the foreseeable future, |
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Costa Rica spokesman resigns amid Chinchilla flight scandal |
| Author/Source: | Isabella Cota Reuters |
| Brief: | Costa Rica's communications chief resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal engulfing President Laura Chinchilla, saying he failed to properly screen a man who arranged for her to use a private jet and is under suspicion of using a false identity. |
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
| Location: | Costa Rica |
| Category: | Economy And Security |
| Title: | Costa Rica president's private jet use prompts investigation |
| Author/Source: | Isabella Cota Reuters |
| Brief: | Costa Rica has an Illicit Enrichment Law, which includes penalties of up to eight years in prison for public officials who accept gifts worth more than a minimum wage. |
Friday, May 10, 2013
| Location: | Argentina |
| Category: | Justice System, Politics And Security |
| Title: | Argentine congress passes judicial reform bill |
| Author/Source: | Reuters |
| Brief: | The National Chamber of Civil Appeals, the main body of appeals court judges, issued a statement saying the new law "violates the principle of judicial independence." |
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
| Location: | Colombia |
| Colombia Category: | Press Freedom |
| Title: | Colombian journalist in line of fire for exposing corruption |
| Author/Source: | Anastasia Moloney Thomson Reuters Foundation |
| Brief: | Calderon was lucky to survive the attack against him, but dozens of journalists in Colombia have not |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Politics And Security |
| Title: | Mexico opposition revives economic reform pact |
| Author/Source: | Alexandra Alper, Dave Graham Reuters |
| Brief: | Leaders had agreed on an "addendum" to the pact aimed at boosting transparency and limiting corruption. |
| Location: | Mexico |
| Category: | Public Security |
| Title: | Gas tanker truck explodes outside Mexico City, kills 22 |
| Author/Source: | Reuters |
| Brief: | Television footage showed burned-out vehicles and debris strewn all over the highway on the edge of the capital. |