Afternoon headlines

* Illegal immigrants will get full amnesty…in St. Lucia.

* New strategy to curb gang violence in Haiti: arms for food.

* Bolivian president Evo Morales (image via Washington Post) met with an ailing Fidel Castro yesterday.

* Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning blasted the Bush administration by claiming it has been “ignoring the Caribbean,” particularly since the 9/11 attacks.

* Center-left candidate León Roldós leads the race for president of Ecuador approximately one month before elections are to take place.

* Opposition legislators in Paraguay vowed to stop any constitutional amendment allowing for presidential reelection.

* Mexico’s La Jornada newspaper published a scathing editorial against yesterday’s confirmation of Felipe Calderon as the country’s next president.

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