The fourth Monday in March Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

LatinAmer Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. As you probably noticed, last week I didn’t post a Carnival – the reason was that I had no internet for several days due to the preceeding weekend’s storm.

GUATEMALA
Guatemala and organised crime
Reaching the untouchables
Attempts to stop drugs money corrupting public life in Guatemala are making some progress. In Jamaica (see article) the worries are growing

HAITI
A plan to increase aid to Haiti

PC First Responders in Haiti

HONDURAS
Proof of Life post

JAMAICA
Jamaica’s Cabinet approves US$8 passenger aviation fee

MEXICO
Mexico: Vargas Llosa criticó a los gobiernos latinoamericanos por su silencio frente a Cuba

PANAMA
Rhythm and sound in concert

PUERTO RICO
Popular falls following downgrade predicting continued losses, need for another capital raise

VENEZUELA
Nace Hugo-Candanga, el Blog de Hugo Chávez

Sean Penn Is Not a Smart Man Or a Patriot

Venezuela’s Chávez to start blogging from presidential palace

We are a miserable country and we deserve what we get

Chavez in trouble

A Satirical Site Skewers Chávez and Politics

Chigüire Bipolar’s biggest success so far arrived in February in the form of a 5-minute video inspired by the American television series “Lost,” in which Latin American leaders of various ideologicals stripes find themselves shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island, forced to fend for themselves.

The video, called “Presidential Island” and viewed more than 450,000 times on YouTube, depicts Mr. Chávez and Bolivia’s leftist president, Evo Morales, as star-crossed lovers who dine on American bald eagle. Colombia’s right-wing president, Álvaro Uribe, comes across as a prude, and Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, as a temptress who entrances Brazil’s Mr. da Silva. King Juan Carlos of Spain makes an appearance in which his dentures fall into the sea.

Here it is,

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