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• United Nations

  New UN assessment of disaster risks highlights Peru

  A new United Nations assessment of how to reduce risk after a disaster calls for closer cooperation between the private and public sectors.

• Caribbean

  Canada to help Caribbean youths with university education

  More Caribbean youth to have access to post-secondary education thanks to help from Canada.
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  IN THE CAMPS

  Guantánamo: 30 of the 100 hunger strikers now being tube-fed

  Guantánamo prison staff members were tube-feeding 30 of the 100 hunger-striking captives on Wednesday, the detention center said, reporting an all-time high last reached in 2005.
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  IN THE CAMPS

  Rights groups to Pentagon: End ‘cruel’ force-feeding

  Human rights organizations are asking Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to order troops to abandon the practice of force-feeding prisoners at Guantánamo, a move that could permit them starve to death if they choose.

• CUBA

  Cuba government minister reports on corruption in international deals and gas

  The Cuban cabinet hears about irregularities in international deals and the growing problem of gasoline thefts.
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  Turks and Caicos

  Florida Senator continues to demand answers after Americans’ arrest in Turks and Caicos

  Sen. Bill Nelson is pushing hard for a probe into American tourists being arrested at Caribbean airports over the discovery of bullets in their luggage.

• News Media

  WLRN, Herald to expand Latin America coverage

  A bureau in Brazil will be established and two veteran reporters will join the current team to produce stories from the hemisphere for broadcast and print.
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  Miami

  Cuban hunger striker begins tour in Miami

  A frequent Cuban hunger striker and dissident arrived Sunday in Miami ahead of Cuban Independence Day, as part of a tour that will include several U.S. stops before going to Europe.
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  Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala

  Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said.

• Caribbean

  Arrests of vacationing Americans in Turks and Caicos spark concern

  Two U.S. Senators demand a thorough investigation following the arrests of two of their constituents while visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands.

• Cuba

  Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, visits Miami

  Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, said the Cuban government is “worried” more about assigning resources to criticize opponents while ignoring the most urgent needs of the population.
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  War court

  Navy lawyer leaving case of waterboarded bombing suspect

  The Naval officer who has been defending an alleged terrorist linked to a plot on a U.S. Navy warship is leaving the case to study at Harvard Law School.
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  Cuba

  Cuba’s Ladies in White leader meets Pope Francis

  Pope Francis exchanged a brief greeting Wednesday with Cuban dissident Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White, in the Vatican at the end of a general audience held in St. Peter’s Square.
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  World Trade

  Brazilian will be the first Latin American to head the WTO

  Roberto Azevêdo, a career diplomat, will take the reins at a time when the world trading system is at a crossroads.

• Curacao

  Ally of slain politician suspects political motive

  Political associates said they believe Donald Belentina’s assassination was politically motivated.

• Cuba

  Catholic journal criticizes dissidents who support embargo

  The publication’s criticism follows visits to the United States and elsewhere by several dissidents in recent months.
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  military

  Former Southcom, NATO admiral to become dean of diplomacy school

  Retiring Navy Adm. James Stavridis, who ran the Southern Command and then took charge of NATO, will become the next dean of Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy outside Boston, the school announced Monday.

• Courts

  Federal appeals court: Florida law prohibiting hiring of companies tied to Cuba is unconstitutional

  A three-judge panel affirmed an earlier ruling by a federal judge in Miami blocking the law from taking effect.
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  IN THE CAMPS

  Detainee alleges guards searched Qurans in prison

  In a newly released court filing, a Guantánamo detainee accused guards of going through their holy books to instigate a hunger strike.
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  Cuban bolero giant César Portillo de la Luz dies at 90

  Cuban musician César Portillo de la Luz, one of Cuba’s most celebrated composers, died Saturday in Havana, according to various press reports on the island. He was 90.

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