Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The big news this week is Honduras, of course. You can read my posts here, here, here and here; however, if you can read Spanish you should read Informe especial I: Decreto PCM-020 era una celada de Zelaya contra la democracia, also at a discussion board.
Drug policy in the Americas: At last, a debate
And an intemperate defence of prohibition
Israeli Intelligence’s Iran increases its influence in Latin America
Term Limits and Constitutional Tinkering in Latin America
ARGENTINA
Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez Political Fight
In Argentina Polls, a Couple in Power Try to Hold On to It
BOLIVIA
Bolivia busca apoyo ruso para potenciar sus fuerzas armadas
BRAZIL
Computer Failures Are Probed in Jet Crash
COLOMBIA
The Obama Presidency: Obama Likely to Tread Carefully With Uribe
Southern Discomfort
Obama to Colombia: Military base now, free trade later.
Colombia: Coca Growing Declines
CUBA
A Dissident Deflected: Why doesn’t President Obama have time for Cuba’s pro-democracy opposition?
Where Does Cuba Find its American Spies? Guess?
Cuba’s spy program deeply rooted in U.S.
CURACAO
Mystery Surrounds Alleged Hezbollah Links to Drug Arrests in Curacao
GUATEMALA
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
HONDURAS
The Winner in Honduras: Chávez
Honduras: what CNN will probably not tell you
Honduras Defends Its Democracy: Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton object.
Honduran Congress: Not a Coup, Former President Broke and Ignored Laws
MEXICO
GREAT MEXICAN PHONE MYSTERY
PANAMA
How To Get A Panamanian Driver’s License
PARAGUAY
Insólito comentario de Lugo: Vamos a imitar la dictadura de Chávez
PERU
Drug trade grows in Bolivia, Peru – U.N.
VENEZUELA
Chávez’s war on independent media
Venezuela’s media: Chávez’s bugbear
The harassment of Globovisión
Primaries for the Venezuelan opposition?
EN VENEZUELA LOS CORRUPTOS OBLIGAN A LOS POBRES A VIVIR EN ALTO RIESGO ¡VEAN LAS PRUEBAS!
Hugo Chavez says Ahmadinejad won election legally: Venezuela accuses “imperial hand” of Iran unrest
Via RCW, The tragedy of Chávez: Ten years in, a capitalist elite has merely been replaced by a quasi-socialist elite with little regard for Venezuelans.
This week’s other posts and podcasts
Waffles for Uribe
Evo Morales buying Russian weapons on credit
Cubazuela: wiretapping now legal
12 tons of gold missing in Sinaloa
Obama gives Cuban dissidents the cold shoulder
At Real Clear World:
Honduras In Turmoil
More Weenie Diplomacy: Now With Venezuela and Syria
Chavez Reaffirms His Support for Ahmadinejad
