ARGENTINA Pensions in Argentina
BOLIVIA Bolivia: Morales criticises Chile over sea and soldiers
BRAZIL Brazil’s zombie politicians
CHILE Chile’s Sebastian Pinera visits wildfire victims
COLOMBIA Colombian Farc releases two hostage policemen
CUBA Cuban dissident blogger prepares ‘victory’ tour abroad
ECUADOR Why Ecuador Matters
Assange: Total cost to police Ecuadorian embassy hits £2.9 million
FASHION VIDEO
JAMAICA Jamaica agrees $750m IMF loan terms
MEXICO Mexico’s new president
PUERTO RICO Puerto Rican food, beyond rice and beans
US POLITICS “Cruz has taken the wear-their-scorn-as-a-badge-of-honor approach with his liberal critics.”
VENEZUELA Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in first post-surgery images
Devaluating the devaluation
The Gran Inquisitor by Miguel Angel Santos
The week’s posts, Hugo Chavez reportedly back in Venezuela
Colombia: Good news on the Casona
Mexico develops cheap energy; USA not quite
Pope decided to resign after visiting Cuba and snubbing the Ladies in White
Podcast: The US & violence in Central America
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ARGENTINA
February 18th, 2013 at 10:30 pm
Correa’s style of politics—the same type of politics practiced by Chávez in Venezuela, by Cristina Kirchner in Argentina, and by Evo Morales in Bolivia—relies on class warfare, thuggery, and demonization.
Hmmm. What other Western Hemisphere leader does this remind me of???
February 19th, 2013 at 10:00 am
What other one indeed?
February 19th, 2013 at 2:20 pm
And from my mom’s country of origin, Grenada, news that their economy is a mess, when it wasn’t all that long ago that the little island that could was a shining example of – not this:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/19/grenada-holds-parliamentary-elections-amid-economic-crisis/
February 19th, 2013 at 3:04 pm
30% unemployment! Hard times, Zilla!