PERU: Peru's government is facing a political crisis following the firing of the country's prime minister and the entire governmental cabinet. CUBA: Delegations from Cuba and the United States met in Washington on Tuesday to discuss human rights. VENEZUELA: The campaign to pressure U.S president Barack Obama to end his administration's aggressive posturing against Venezuela continues. UNITED STATES: The family of Mumia Abu-Jamal have been permitted to visit him in the hospital in Pennsylvania where he is in intensive care. TURKEY: A prosecutor taken hostage by a far left group has died as a result of a botched police rescue effort.