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June 15, 2009 By Fausta

The third Monday in June Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

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.

Argentine glacier advances despite warming
Perito Moreno withstands climate change but scientists aren’t sure why

BERMUDA
Out of Guantánamo, Uighurs Bask in Bermuda

BRAZIL
Terrorist suspects were on doomed Air France plane
Two passengers with names linked to Islamic terrorism were on board the Air France flight which crashed and killed 228, it emerged today.

More on Al Qaeda in Brazil

Pedagogy of the Oppressor
Another reason why U.S. ed schools are so awful: the ongoing influence of Brazilian Marxist Paulo Freire

The Amazon: The future of the forest
Brazil’s government hopes that land reform in the Amazon will slow deforestation. Greens doubt it

Brazil’s recovering economy: Ready to roll again
Among the last to fall into recession, Brazil may be among the first to grow out of it

Brazil stretching clout to Central America

CHILE
Valparaíso reviste sus Fachadas

COLOMBIA
Waste disposal in Colombia: Muck and brass plates
Entrepreneurs, not scavengers

CUBA
Former State Department Official and Wife Arrested for Serving as Illegal Agents of Cuba for Nearly 30 Years

Home, sweet, home

Euphemism of the day, &c.

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

Cubalse and General Motors

Things in common

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

A Mexican Cartel’s Swift and Grisly Climb
La Familia Defies Federal Efforts To Eliminate Its Influence

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

Peruminations

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

Oil and land rights in Peru: Blood in the jungle
Alan García’s high-handed government faces a violent protest

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

Peru: The Anti-Venezuela

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

PDVSA Takes Control of Exterran Offshore Platform

No es Zimbabwe, es Caracas

Special thanks to Ada, the Baron, Eneas and Maggie.

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