The Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Chavez visits Cuba

Business and politics in Cuba
Potbelly and rumbling stomachs
What the fall from grace of Fidel Castro’s Chilean business crony says about Cuba’s uncertain economic times

Bit by bit marketing

Cuban website issues scathing comments on RTV-Marti’s departing ‘mafioso director’

Free market in Cuba?

Inside Bejucal Base in Cuba: A Real Threat

Bejucal is an electronic espionage base used by the Cuban military intelligence to intercept and process international communications passing via communications satellites.

HONDURAS
Honduras: Ninth reporter killed since March

MEXICO
Mexican investigators trying to identify 72 bodies found near border

Zetas drug gang suspected in massacre of 72 in Mexico

Mayor in Mexican Border State Killed

Mexico Gunbattle Spurs U.S. Warning

Monterrey

More cartel attacks in Mexico

NICARAGUA
Nicaraguans say US turns blind eye to abuses of Daniel Ortega
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega has been accused of rigging elections, manipulating the Supreme Court, and threatening the press. Unlike during his term in the 1980s, this time Washington has other problems to deal with.

PERU
Coca farmers in Ucayali lift strike and road blockades

PUERTO RICO
Mayor: JLo, Anthony want to build PR film studio

VENEZUELA
The killing fields of Caracas

Reflections on Casa de Maryland Shed Light on Ground Zero Mosque

Hugo Chavez’s shocking self-promotion

Mueren 10 efectivos de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana tras estrellarse un helicóptero Mi17 en Apure

New Legislative Election Forecasting Tool Now Available

Chavez flips-flop on Hospital funding, but will it help him?

The 2010 election predictions: The Andes

Hugo Chavez is now enjoying 21% approval ratings: Chavez’s popularity down in Venezuela, polls finds (h/t The Lid)

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