Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. Today’s Carnival is named after those busts of Fidel Castro Hugo Chavez is planning to install in Caracas while Cuba continues to hold political prisoners and harass their wives.
LATIN AMERICA
Via Real Clear World Video: Greg Grandin, Michael Shifter, Kevin Casas-Zamora and John Coatsworth discussing Latin America
Médicos cubanos en Venezuela huyen por Colombia de la tiranía castrista
Henry Kissinger ‘cancelled warning against political assassinations’
Henry Kissinger cancelled a warning against carrying out international political assassinations just days before a former Chilean ambassador was killed in Washington, according to a newly released State Department cable, via The Latin Americanist
A Study of Productivity in Latin America
ARGENTINA
Federalismo pisoteado
BARBADOS
US pledges help to fight Caribbean drug trafficking
BRAZIL
Lula to decide on Battisti
Brazilian president gets court papers on ex-terrorist, via Gates of Vienna
Judge allows start of bids on controversial Brazil dam
China and Brazil sign trade deals at Bric summit
CHILE
El Nuevo Tablero Territorial: reconstrucción anti tsunami
COLOMBIA
Rural poverty in Colombia
CUBA
Chilean Businessman Found Dead in Havana Apartment
Los Estefan hablaron con Obama sobre la situación de los DD.HH en Cuba
Héctor Larroque Rego, Cuban Political Prisoner of the Week, April 18, 2010
Intransigent Cuba
Protest songs
Grumbling is not the same as dissent
ECUADOR
DiCaprio and Norton attend eco-conference
Ecuador May Begin Mine Royalty Talks Next Month, Chamber Says
HAITI
Michelle Obama Visits Haiti
HONDURAS
La Gringa’s Mango Ice Cream Recipe
MEXICO
Robin Givhan examines Michelle Obama’s first trip abroad alone
Oklahoma Taxes Money Orders to Mexico: Mexico Threatens Oklahoma with Trade War
Adios Amigos. Hola Czarinna de Diplomacia
The “Other” Side of the Mexican Border
Fleeing Drug Violence, Mexicans Pour Into U.S.
Proceso en la guarida de “El Mayo” Zambada
PANAMA
Chiriquí Center is Getting Closer
PARAGUAY
El caso Grütter
PERU
Peru town copes with being devoured by mine
Peru’s Machu Picchu ruins reopen to tourists
PUERTO RICO
Cuban Revolutionary-Turned-Critic Carlos Franqui Dies in Puerto Rico
VENEZUELA
Unveiling of bust in Caracas is postponed
Chávez pays 1-day visit to Castro brothers
Colombia blasts Venezuela’s detention of fishermen
Of course, hackistry plays a role too…
19 de abril as a dysfunctional holiday
Via Jeremayakovka, Boxer Edwin Valero found dead in jail
The fighter was a household name in Venezuela and had a huge image of President Hugo Chavez tattooed on his chest, along with the country’s yellow, blue and red flag.
US POLITICS
GLORIA ESTEFAN: ‘Our Gloria’ Betrays Cuban Fans, Jumps On Obama Bandwagon
The week’s posts and podcasts:
Free Trade’s Friends
The case for Free Trade with Latin America
Let them eat sushi
The incredible Colombian travel advisory
Chavez Rallies to Defend His Government
At Real Clear World:
Flyin’ High with Evo
Excellent coverage, Fausta. We expect it, and we get it!
Fausta, thank you so much for the link. What a nice idea to do a roundup by country. Excellent!