LATIN AMERICA
Unilateral escapism
A collective state of misjudgment has swept across Latin America.
Iran’s Dirty Game in the Western Hemisphere is a Symptom
ARGENTINA
Squirrel Alert in Buenos Aires!
CHILE
Chile Prison Fire Kills 83
Chile’s prison tragedy
COLOMBIA
WikiLeaks: Colombia’s Uribe reached out to FARC
Colombia’s foreign policy
Seeking new friends
Juan Manuel Santos tries diplomacy
CUBA
Via Melanie Phillips and ShrinkWrapped, United Nations: It’s Okay to Kill the Gay (emphasis added)
The tiny West African nation of Benin (on behalf of the UN’s African Group) proposed an amendment to strike sexual minorities from the resolution. The amendment was adopted with 79 votes in favor, 70 against, 17 abstentions and 26 absent.
A collection of notorious human rights violators voted for the amendment including Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, North Korea, Iran (didn’t Ahmadinejad tell the world there were no gays in Iran?), Egypt, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
Add to this Bahamas, Belize (where you get 10 years for being gay), Jamaica (10 years of hard labor), Grenada (10 years), Guyana (life sentence), Saint Kitts and Nevis (10 years), Saint Lucia (10 years), Saint Vincent (10 years), South Africa (Apartheid? What apartheid?), and Morocco (ruled by a gay monarch!). They are all on the list of nations that do not think execution of gays and lesbians is worthy of condemnation or investigation.
Just Back: On a Cuban guilt trip
Vatican worries about ‘bloodshed’ in Cuba
Cites political tensions and ‘disastrous’ economy
WIkiLeaks Bombshell: Cuba To Be Bankrupt in 2-3 Years
ECUADOR
Ecuador to auction oil fields of companies it forced out
EL SALVADOR
Finally, Wikileaks says something interesting about Venezuela: how it intervenes in Salvadoran affairs
HAITI
Haiti’s election
Whomever they voted for…
…the government plans to win
Palin: Haiti needs ‘military airlift’ of supplies. Meanwhile, the HuffPo is throwing a snit because Bristol Palin dared touch her mother’s hair.
HONDURAS
THE must-read: Wikileaks: The real Manuel Zelaya
“Llueven” denuncias contra los especuladores
MEXICO
Altered Corn Slowly Takes Root in Mexico
Mexican Suspect Got School Salary
Servando “La Tuta” Gómez, a reputed leader and spokesman for the La Familia drug cartel, held a tenured position at an elementary school in the central state of Michoacán and has received paychecks for 15 years.
In Mexico, a legal breakdown invites brutal justice
Cancun ends with modest climate deal
Cancun carbon footprint by the numbers
Alejo Garza Tamez and the restoration of Mexico’s sacred narrative
PANAMA
Nationwide Emergency Number for Panama: 088
PERU
Constitutional Court prohibits Peruvian media from using secretly recorded phone calls
Peru-China ties better than ever, says Chinese Ambassador
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Slaps Tax on Products by Companies Headquartered Elsewhere
VENEZUELA
Venezuela Threatens Takeover of Large Banks
President Hugo Chávez threatened to take control over the local unit of Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA and other large financial institutions if they don’t ensure that homes and apartments they finance are occupied immediately.
Mr. Chávez, who has brought his own brand of socialism to Venezuela, has nationalized more than 200 companies this year from various sectors of the economy.
Wikileaks:
Chavez is a brute and a clown, Evo an ignoramus and Ortega a ding bat dixit the Spanish foreign service
Hugo Chávez’s ex-wife gives Washington insights into strongman’s psyche: WikiLeaks
More on Venezuela and Iranian missiles
Venezuela gets 1800 shoulder fired anti air craft missiles from Russia
¿ES QUE 12 AÑOS DE PACIENCIA NO BASTAN?
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Venezuela acquired 1,800 antiaircraft missiles from Russia last year
Today is National Tango Day in Argentina
Cold in Cancun
Bonding, Iranian style
Criminal capitalism: 15 Minutes on Latin America
At Real Clear World,
Iranian missiles in Venezuela?