Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. This week’s big stories: The Uighurs in Bermuda, the State Department spies for Cuba, and the aftermath of the Peruvian protests.
LATIN AMERICA
U.S. drug czar calls for end to “war on drugs”
Socialism wears poncho this time
ARGENTINA
Kirchner vs. The Press
Give government ‘crisis’ power and you won’t get it back.
BERMUDA
Out of Guantánamo, Uighurs Bask in Bermuda
Brazil stretching clout to Central America
CHILE
Valparaíso reviste sus Fachadas
COLOMBIA
Waste disposal in Colombia: Muck and brass plates
Entrepreneurs, not scavengers
Hilda Molina: “Castros not bad people”
Groups Say U.N. Panel Shutting Them Out of Cuba Rights Review
Chinese cars are on their way to Cuba
ECUADOR
Ecuador, A Democracy in Name Only
Region silent amid attacks on the media
Chevron fights Ecuador pollution lawsuit
Correa Says Ecuador to Review Other Debt After Bonds
MEXICO
Mexico Corruption Elicits Drug War Apathy
A Mexican family drug business
The Drug Lord Who Got Away
Mexican Capo Unleashes Mayhem on U.S. Border; The Making of a Legend
Mexican State Bans Cops From Carrying Cell Phones
PERU
Hugo Chávez contra Alan García
Peru silences radio station La Voz
Simon Romero has an excellent article on the protests: Protesters Gird for Long Fight Over Opening Peru’s Amazon
Alan Garcia Insinúa que Evo Morales influyó en protestas indígenas con sus “mensajes incandescentes”
‘Many missing’ after Peru riots
Narco-Terrorism in Peru: The Return of Shining Path
UnoAmerica denounces plot to overthrow the Peruvian government
PUERTO RICO
At Parade, Puerto Rico Shares Stage With Politics
VENEZUELA
Media in Venezuela; nobody seems to get the reality
The revolution never ceases to amaze
