Peru. “Faced with a simmering crisis over dozens of deaths in the quelling of indigenous protests last week, Peru’s Congress this week suspended the decrees that had set off the protests over plans to open large parts of the Peruvian Amazon to investment.”
Zimbabwe. “Growing numbers of children in Zimbabwe are turning to prostitution to survive, the charity Save the Children says.”
Editorial - Voting Rights Act. “The Supreme Court is expected to rule shortly on a challenge to the Voting Rights Act. There is a real danger that it could strike down Section 5. That would be a radical reversal for the court, which has repeatedly upheld the act since its passage in 1965. It would cripple the power of Congress and the Justice Department to protect voters from discriminatory state rules.” (New York Times)
Quote of the day. "Had we gone ahead in February, we would have had a consumer backlash of considerable magnitude. Now there will still be some level of disruption, there's no question about that, but it's a lot better than it would have been." Acting FCC Chairman Michael J. Copps, speaking of today's switch to all-digital broadcast television. (Los Angeles Times)
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