LATIN AMERICA

Use caution when labeling countries `failed states'

The assassination of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg in Guatemala has pushed the government of President Alvaro Colom against the ropes. The news has been hitting the headlines for days around the world. Rosenberg, an honorable person, predicted it in a shocking video he made four days before being gunned down by hired killers who remain unknown: the president, the first lady and other important functionaries planned to kill him, he said, because he knew about a previous crime.