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October 4, 2010 By Fausta

The fake coup Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

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”

BRAZIL
In Brazil, student militants become presidential candidates
The Brazilian president’s hand-picked successor, Dilma Rousseff, may be able to win in the first round. José Serra, former governor of Sao Paulo, has been polling second in a nine-candidate field.

Lula’s legacy
Life is better for Brazilians than it was eight years ago. But Lula is leaving unsolved problems for his chosen successor, who lacks his personal magnetism

Happy Brazil

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

Back in charge

CRISIS EN ECUADOR – DEVELOPING…
El Presidente de Ecuador Acusa a la Oposición de Conspirar
Para Derrocarlo – Amenaza con Disolver el Parlamento.

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

JAMAICA
Tropical Storm Nicole leaves 5 dead, 14 missing in Jamaica
Jamaican authorities said Tropical Storm Nicole killed five people in the country while more than a dozen remain missing.

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

Chavez Meets Defeat

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

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