COLOMBIA: 29 May UPDATE: Singer Juanes Denies Being "Depressed" And Taking 4-Year Break.

C. REPORTS/

    EFE now reports that singer Juanes vehemently denies being depressed as claimed by his ex-manager Fernan Martinez.
  Martinez said the singer's recently-announced career-break will last around "three or four years" because Juanes was "depressed" and had "personal problems.
  Miami-based Martinez believes that Juanes was weighed down by the relatively poor performance of his latest album, "P.A.R.C.E."
   Juanes recently announced that Martinez was sacked...via TWITTER.

BOLIVIA: "National Emergency" Declared After Heavy Rains Kill 52, Leave 7,000 Homeless.

NTDTV/ with VIDEO/

  Bolivia has declared "a national emergency" after several districts were affected by floods, landslides and overflowing rivers"...with some 20 highways underwater.
  52 people have died with 7,000 left homeless.
  Morales plans to spend $20 million usd for relief operations and damage repairs.
 UPDATE DETAILS:
: http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/59887/52-dead-in-bolivia-due-to-floods-overflowing-of-rivers

COLOMBIA: Summary of EFE Interview With Antanas Mockus.

LAHT/     Green Party presidential candidate Antanas Mockus wants to normalize trade ties with Venezuela and use diplomacy to resolve frictions developed under current President Alvaro Uribe. Mockus believes Colombia can only reach economic potential with the support of its neighbors. “We’ll have maybe 10 years of a mining boom, but that’s not enough; we don’t want to be illiterates (who can’t think beyond) coal and oil," he said.