Newspapers dispute Argentine government’s accusations about illegal purchase of newsprint mill
BOLIVIA
Via Irish Spy, A Fortune Underfoot
Can Bolivia develop its mineral wealth—and undermine Hugo Chávez
BRAZIL
Brazil’s next president will be a woman
Brazil’s next president: Where things stand
CHILE
Today’s video: Alive!
Video Messages From Trapped Chilean Miners
CUBA
Bilderberg Club in the limelight after Castro’s invite to Estulin
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
Cuban website issues scathing comments on RTV-Marti’s departing ‘mafioso director’
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)