Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. Today’s big story: Colombia’s Juan Manuel Santos won the country’s presidential runoff by a landslide,
Santos is credited with delivering some of the biggest blows against the FARC while serving as defense minister from 2006 to 2008. These include the 2008 rescue of 15 hostages including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. defense contractors. He also ordered the raid into Ecuador that killed the group’s second in command, Raul Reyes.
ARGENTINA
Argentina’s two leading newspapers want government to withdraw from newsprint business
BOLIVIA
Drugs, USAID Complicate Relations
Relations between Bolivia and the United States are still on a roller-coaster, two years after Bolivia expelled the U.S. ambassador, with Bolivian President Evo Morales now threatening to kick out the main U.S. government aid agency.
Inteligencia militar: grupo “Tupac Katari” protege a terrorista peruano
BRAZIL
Brazil’s foreign policy
An Iranian banana skin
Lula has little to show for his Tehran adventure
Doing business in São Paulo (audio)
COLOMBIA
Colombia’s Santos is elected president
Colombian Stocks Rise As Investors Anticipate Santos Victory
Colombia Election Skunks The Media
Washington and the Colombian Elections
Colombia’s Coal Mining Accident
Hackers attempt attack on Colombian journalist’s website
CHILE
Carta destacada de la semana: Plan Regulador Metropolitano
CUBA
A Beautiful Comeuppance (One Hopes), via Dan.
The Pedro Pan organization responds to CNBC
Prelate restates Church-State relationship and the inviolability of religious freedom
Cuba Involved in Mexican Drug Trafficking and Human Smuggling
ECUADOR
Ecuador Says To Respect Colombia’s Elections
‘Gringo chief’ Randy Borman helps Ecuador’s Cofan Indians survive, thrive
EL SALVADOR
Customs canine sniffs out cocaine soup at Dulles
GUATEMALA
Recibí una amenaza contra mí vida y esta es la evidencia
HONDURAS
Assaultcracy
JAMAICA
Jamaica to host world domino championships. My brother-in-law ought to participate.
MEXICO
Mexico’s deadly drug violence claims hundreds of lives in past 5 days
Arizona Sheriff: Mexican Drug Cartels Now Control Parts Of Arizona
Human Rights Defenders Seek Protection in Mexico
NICARAGUA
Today’s Video: Remnants of war
PANAMA
A Morning In Parque Cervantes
PERU
Joran Van der Sloot retracts confession; claims police ‘tricked’ him: report
Holloway suspect to face judge on Monday in Peru murder
PUERTO RICO
Newt Gingrich Interviews Luis Fortuño, Governor of Puerto Rico
Meanwhile, back at the banana plantation
Remember that Oliver Stone propaganda movie that premiered in Caracas last week? Pro-Chavez Documentary Bombs In Venezuela – Report And it’ll bomb here, too:
“South of the Border” is due to hit U.S. screens next week.
Venezuela’s Chavez fights off criticism of economic record
When an opinion becomes “close to a crime” and the real crimes go unpunished in Venezuela
UNA NUEVA ESTRATEGIA PARA UNA VICTORIA DE VERDAD
IMMIGRATION
Obama Orders Dance Classes, Movie Nights, and Bingo for Illegal Detainees
Worst NYT Article EVAH! … ‘Border Violence in Arizona Totally Exaggerated’
The week’s posts and podcasts:
Colombia’s runoff election tomorrow
US asks Paraguay to extradite suspected Hezbollah financier, formerly of Broooklyn and New Jersey
Illegals in Mexico: What Calderon doesn’t want the US to know
Globovision owner flees Venezuela
National Lampoon Caribbean Vacation: Venezuela edition
Chavez at the BBC’s HARDtalk: Never answer what they ask you VIDEO
At Real Clear World,
Colombia: Santos Wins in Landslide
