The Caribbean

Haiti: cholera outbreak kills hundreds

There have been over 200 confirmed deaths so far from a cholera epidemic that apparently broke out in the Lower Artibonite River region of Haiti, local authorities report.

Central America

Costa Rica: activists fast to protest gold mine

Three Costa Rican environmental activists marked two weeks on hunger strike against the projected Las Crucitas open-pit gold mine in San Carlos in the north of the country.

Southern Cone

Argentina: activist killed in labor clash

Thousands of Argentines rallied in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires to protest the killing of the student Mariano Ferreyra during a demonstration the day before.

Mexico

Mexico: two Oaxaca activists murdered

Two unidentified men shot and killed Catarino Torres Pereda, general secretary of the Citizen Defense Committee (Codeci), at the group’s office in Tuxtepec in the southern state of Oaxaca.

Watching the Shadows

Omar Khadr pleads guilty to terrorism charges

Canadian Guantánamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to all five charges against him, including conspiracy, murder and aiding the enemy. He is the first child solider to be convicted at Gitmo.

Mexico

Another youth massacre in Ciudad Juárez

At least 13 young people were shot dead and 15 wounded in an attack on a house party in Ciudad Juárez—the second such massacre in less than a week in the violence-torn border city.