The undercover Spanish journalist Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. Today’s top story: Spanish journalist Antonio Salas spent six years undercover as a Palestinian jihadist in training camps in Venezuela, and has written a book about his experiences. IF this is true, is it indeed explosive. Daniel is at least as skeptical as I am. Here’s some of the video he took during this period:

ARGENTINA
Argentina’s ruling couple
Lame ducks no longer
Written off just months ago, the Kirchners are bouncing back. But if a divided opposition is outwitted at the next election it will have only itself to blame

BRAZIL
While Brazilian President In Holocaust-Denying Iran, Thousands at Home Pay Tribute to Millions of Jewish Dead

Brasil: justicia electoral vuelve a multar a Lula

Chart of the day

Brazil’s Lula remains popular

Brazil and Turkey rush to the middle

Brazil’s booming economy
Flying too high for safety
A burst of Chinese-level growth cannot be sustained. But it hints at Brazil’s new-found strength, and is perfectly timed for the presidential election

CHILE
Carta Abierta al Presidente Sebastián Piñera

Transantiago: Déficit y Futuro en marco del actual gobierno

COLOMBIA
Colombian president’s brother said to have lead death squads

CUBA
Regarding Cuba, a Typical MSM Double Standard At Play

The table is wobbly

Tilting at windmills

Castro has found in the Catholic Church a useful interlocutor, analyst tells Dutch radio

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Midterm elections in the Dominican Republic
Clean sweep
After an unprecedented landslide victory, the president will enjoy unfettered power

ECUADOR
Ecuador’s info access law doesn’t do enough, citizen groups say

HAITI
Haiti’s economy
A quick stimulus
Chasing the aid-worker’s dollar

HONDURAS
Who is Killing Honduran Journalists?

JAMAICA
Kingston under state of emergency amid gang warfare

MEXICO
Mystery grows over missing Mexican politician

Mexico’s Televisa chooses to keep silent on politician’s disappearance

Mexico’s ‘Eliot Ness’ Seeks U.S. Help

Go back to Mexico

Mexico and the United States
An unappetising menu
Mr Calderón goes to Washington

Creating New Soldiers in Mexico’s Drug War
How U.S. drug policy is making Mexican cartels more deadly.

What’s Spanish for KKK?

NICARAGUA
Latin America File: Nicaraguan opposition calls for “general rebellion” against Ortega; Cuban state media defends Sandinistas, denounces Aleman

VENEZUELA
Workers against Chavez: neo-liberalism on the rise?

Oligarco Burguesito meets Nero the street vendor

About that “excellent free medical care that Cuban doctors are working in Venezuela” – EN LA RICA VENEZUELA PETROLERA LA LEISHMANIASIS SE COME VIVOS A NIÑOS EN EL HATILLO, AREA METROPOLITANA DE CARACAS…

The week’s posts and podcasts:
The Colombian wiretapping scandal: 15 Minutes on Latin America
Calderon gets standing O for criticizing the US in Congress
Eaten by the Wolf
Chavez’s support of the ETA & FARC
VIDEO Really lost in translation
About that Mexican army…
The picture of bad news: Iran, Brazil, Turkey