Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The really big news this week: Mexico to Consider Free-Trade Agreement With Brazil. This would have huge implications for the entire hemisphere. Daniel glances at the possibilities.
LATIN AMERICA
Bill Ayers and Hugo Chavez: Blood Brothers in Terror
ANTIGUA
The curious case of Chavez giving Antigua US$ 50 million in aid
ARGENTINA
Argentina demands Honduran ambassador stop supporting coup
Football and politics in Argentina
Hand of gold
Another government bail-out
George Soros Cut Petrobras Stake in Second Quarter
COLOMBIA
Colombia’s Uribe Seeks Diplomatic End to U.S. Base Dispute
CUBA
Nelson Curbelo Rodríguez, Cuban Political Prisoner of the Week, 8/16/09
4 Cuban athletes ‘missing’ on Spanish isle
ECUADOR
Ecuador to get political neighborhood watches like Cuba
HONDURAS
Honduran Media Bias Caught On Tape
Zelaya supporters battle with police
MEXICO
U.S. Firms Probed in Mexico Oil Scam
Speaking in Mexico, Obama Calls American Opponents of Immigration Amnesty ‘Demagogues’
Mexican Army takes over customs on US border
PARAGUAY
Paraguay: Fundación Libertad dice que Presidente puede ir a juicio
PERU
Peru: Best Performing Stock Market in 2009
PUERTO RICO
Tropical Depression Ana soaks Puerto Rico
VENEZUELA
Chavez Forces Attack Opposition Protests As Venezuela Passes Socialist Education Law
Reflecting on Bolivarian and Cuban Organized Crime
Ceci N’est Pas Une Innondation
Gas Shortage of a Different Kind Hits Venezuela
Hugo Chavez’s Imperial Chess Game
This week’s posts and podcasts
Today’s podcast at 11AM: Venezuelans Protest Journalist Beatings
Firebombs thrown at Honduran newspaper office
Golf: Chávez’s latest target
Oscar Arias gets the flu, and other headlines from Latin America
At Real Clear World:
Venezuelans Protest Journalist Beatings
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE57D3LU20090814
This isn’t getting media attention. I guess Chavez isn’t interested in those islands. Hondurans are vilified and Great Britain is treated with kid gloves.