Welcome to this week’s Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. Two big stories this week: Mario Vargas Llosa was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the Chilean miners may be very close to being rescued.
ARGENTINA
The Argentine Economy is Booming!
BOLIVIA
Evo Morales caught kneeing player in groin during football match (video below the fold at the end of this post)
CHILE
Video of on the rescue:
Chile mine shaft reinforced, ready for rescue
Expert driller from Denver becomes hero of Chile mine rescue – says it’s all in the feet
CUBA
Castro regime unhappy with Nobel Prize selections
ECUADOR
The Coup That Never Was
HONDURAS
Afraid of the traffic or afraid of the traffic police?
MEXICO
Another Fun Weekend Near The Border
Journalism lecture in Austin focuses on covering Mexico, drugs and the border
PANAMA
60 companies and 2,852 workers in Howard
PERU
Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner says her official visit is “an apology to Peru.”
PUERTO RICO
FBI makes record crackdown in police
corruption
When ridicule and tyranny meet
ENTERTAINMENT
HBO Documentary: El espiritu de la salsa, via Pat:
The week’s posts and podcasts:
Are the Nobels becoming relevant?
Drill breaks through to Chile’s 33 trapped miners VIDEO
Alvaro Vargas Llosa speaks about Mario’s Nobel Prize, and VIDEO
Chile: More hope for the miners VIDEO
Is Cuba about to “dip a toe in capitalist waters”?
Mario Vargas Llosa wins the #Nobel in Literature UPDATED
Puerto Rico: Big FBI raid on police
Let’s hear it for the clown: 15 Minutes on Latin America
Oprah, Agroisleña, Rahm, Pundita, and trouble
Brazil edition: Where are the clowns? Congress! VIDEO, UPDATED
Castro and the Jews
Evo Morales video below the fold:
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