The Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

ARGENTINA
No rush to judgement

Argentina is booming! (And killing the peso.)
An easy way to get people buying again: if runaway inflation makes saving ridiculous, people will buy anything, especially real estate and other lasting commodities. It works in Argentina…right?

BOLIVIA
Bolivian court rejects attempt to put anti-racism law to popular vote

BRAZIL
A steep hill to climb

CHILE
Now Free Chile’s Entrepreneurs
The rescue of 33 miners marked how far Chile has distanced itself from Third World socialism. But if President Piñera isn’t careful, Chile could end up there again.

Chris Matthews Uses Chilean Miners To Promote Democrats In Midterms

CUBA
New York’s Lincoln Center Partners with Castro’s Secret Police

Neoliberalism

Cuba claims $1.1B loss in tourism revenue

Former Cuban political prisoner Paneque: ‘I have to carry this cross’

158 Cuban families face eviction in Varadero

CURACAO and St. MAARTEN
Dutch Antilles

ECUADOR
Ecuador Says Two Trapped Gold Miners Confirmed Killed, Two Remain Missing

HONDURAS
Enquistados en el Poder?

Saturday night excitement

MEXICO
Mexican authorities confirm beheading of lead investigator in Hartley disappearance
Spokesman for Tamps. AG says slaying had nothing to do with Hartley probe

Falcon Lake Murder: Mexican Investigator Beheaded
The Zetas double down by executing the lead investigator in the search for David Hartley.

Organised crime in Mexico
Under the volcano
The drugs trade has spread corruption and violence across Mexico. Can the police ever catch up with them?

Missing Element

PANAMA
Hip Hip Hurray

PERU
Lima mayoral elections still undecided, delay criticized

Detenido el “Camarada Izula” número dos de Sendero Luminoso

PUERTO RICO
Crocodile census causes alarm in Puerto Rico

VENEZUELA
Venezuelan missiles? Iran May Get S-300 Yet Via Venezuela

Euthanasia to be legalized in Venezuela?

Chavez assures Minsk of oil for another 200 years

Etarra Arturo Cubillas utiliza numero de cédula falso en solicitud de investigación a la fiscalía de Venezuela

When ridicule and tyranny meet

Democracy vs Elections

IMMIGRATION
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slams ‘foreign interference’ in immigration lawsuit, via Gates of Vienna.

LITERATURE
Mario Vargas Llosa
A Latin American liberal
A great writer who has become his region’s conscience