* Puerto Rico: Aníbal Acevedo Vila may be gone from the governorship but that hasn’t stopped federal authorities from continuing their corruption investigation on him.* U.S.: According to this article from the AFP, thieves are increasingly targeting Latino illegal immigrants in the U.S. who are afraid they’ll be deported if they seek the police.
* Costa Rica: A new program funded by the World Bank will teach AIDS prevention strategies to nearly two dozen Costa Rican prostitutes.
* Chile: Could former President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle become Chile’s version of Grover Cleveland?
Image- daylife.com (“Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila gestures during an interview at his residence, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008.”)
Online Sources- LAHT, Wikipedia, UPI, AFP, Caribbean Net News, The Latin Americanist
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