Each day, Extemp Central will be presenting R&D’s for CFL’s nine topic areas.  It is hoped that extempers can use these as a guide to beef up their files/research for the tournament.

Brazil & Iran Call for New Economic Order from the Latin American Herald Tribune

Gay killings increase in Mexico from the Latin American Post

Haitian Earthquake Survivors Need Social and Economic Rights from Upside Down World

Venezuela Stocks Down 43% in Official Rate US Dollar Terms for the Year from the Latin American Herald Tribune

EU farmers led by France promise to lobby against concessions for Mercosur from MercoPress

Mexico manhunt for missing politician Diego Fernandez de Cevallos from the Christian Science Monitor

Argentina and the World from the Buenos Aires Herald

Venezuela Imposing ‘Draconian Clampdown’ on Markets from the Latin American Post