Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. The big story of the week: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa consolidates his power after coreographing a coup. Mary O’Grady writes about What Really Happened in Ecuador
Eyewitnesses deny police kidnapped the president, and there’s no evidence a coup was in the making.
Another big story, Brazil’s election did not give Dilma Rousseff a 50% majority, so there will be a runoff in four weeks.
ARGENTINA
¿Instituciones? Bien, gracias
Argentina gives asylum to alleged Chilean assassin
BOLIVIA
“Planeta Muerto, Venceremos”
COLOMBIA
FBI Raids Home of RNC Leftist Activist As Part of Terrorism Investigation
Security in Colombia
The beginning of the end
Demise of the FARC’s top killer
Procuraduría destituye a Piedad Córdoba por colaborar con la Farc
Colombia, Mexico recover from landslide
CUBA
Drilling Plans Off Cuba Stir Fears of Impact on Gulf
Fidel and the Jews
What should we make of Castro’s charm offensive?
The Kennedy-Nixon Debates: JFK Lied, Cubans Died h/t Dodgeblogium
Cuba’s Adversary Foreign Intelligence: The Threat
ECUADOR
At The Guardian: Ecuador police mutiny censorship
After declaring a state of emergency, the country’s president, Rafael Correa, ordered TV and radio stations to interrupt their programming to carry state news broadcasts.
It meant that citizens were unable to receive balanced information from an independent media at a critical time, said Freddy Barros, editor-in-chief with the TV station Ecuavisa.
At least 22 reporters and photojournalists were attacked, threatened, or harassed as they covered the police rebellion, according to the Quito-based group press freedom group Fundamedios.
Ecuador: censura mediática y falso golpe
Gobierno de Ecuador declaró estado de excepción por intento de golpe
Chávez alerta a Unasur por intento de golpe de Estado a Rafael Correa
GUATEMALA
U.S. apologizes for Guatemala STD experiments
Government researchers infected patients with syphilis, gonorrhea without their consent in the 1940s
MEXICO
U.S. Worsens Mexican Violence by Returning Criminal Aliens to Border Cities, Mayors Say
Measuring Mexico’s economy
Getting bigger
National accounts in the Wal-Mart era
Mexico building fence to keep out…illegal aliens
Mexican Pirates’ Killing of American Tourist Creates Outrage
Mexico Boom Biggest in Americas as Drug Criminals Lose to Nafta
PERU
A political tremor brewing in Peru
Peru’s capital set to have its first female mayor
TRINIDAD
Murder charge for leader of Trinidad Islamic group
VENEZUELA
Venezuela Votes against Chavez, h/t Dodgeblogium
DESPUES DEL 26 DE SEPTIEMBRE
World Elections: the Venezuelan election gets great analysis elsewhere
Chavez Announces Offensive Against Landlordism, again.
Chavez expropriated land was founded by Canarian
Commander-President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his government expropriated 250. 000 hectares of land during the month of October and expects the number to double until the end of the year, and continue throughout 2011.
This week’s posts and podcasts:
Rousseff going to runoff after Brazil’s election
Spotlight on Brazil’s election
#Ecuador: Coup or warning? VIDEO
In today’s podcast: Killer Facts About Venezuela’s Parliamentary Elections
Don’t Rule Out Chavez Chicanery
Stoned to death… in Mexico?
At Real Clear World:
Chavez Loses National Assembly Super-Majority
