In Brazil, deputies voted on Tuesday, May 30, a bill that limits the demarcation of indigenous lands. President Lula received eleven heads of state from the region, including the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro, and the press reserved a volley of green wood for him.

In Guatemala, 40 years in prison required against journalist José Ruben Zamora, founder of the daily El Periodico. In Haiti, the social program launched by the government has gone "awry," says FAO.