Welcome to the first Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean of the new year 2011.
LATIN AMERICA
2010: Latin America by the Numbers
The Americano’s Top Ten Stories for 2010
ARGENTINA
The Year in Argentine Beef 2010: Good Luck Finding Grass-fed Beef in Argentina; It´s All Feedlot Now.
BARBADOS
Caribbean warmth
BOLIVIA
Gasolinazo part 3
Bolivians Protest Marxist Leader Morales – Torch Che Guevara Statue & Venezuelan Flag
BRAZIL
Our Southern Mirror
Raining on her parade, but still smiling
Rousseff Takes Reins in Brazil
CHILE
Yet another earthquake,
COLOMBIA
How Property Rights Might End Colombia’s Guerrilla War
CUBA
Raúl Rodríguez Soto, Cuba Political Prisoner of the Week, 1/2/11
Telecom Italia Tired of Tapping Cuban Phones
“Moral Certainty”
MEXICO
Dilemma for 2011 (and 2012, 2013, et cetera)
41 Guards charged for role in Nuevo Laredo prison break
2010 Death Toll: Over 10,000 Die in Afghan Violence… Over 13,000 Die in Mexican Violence
Failed State Watch: How Much Longer for Mexico? (Part One)
We know about barbarous cartels. But more terrifying is their cancerous spread through Mexican government, and societal decay caused by a state with no justice. There is no avoiding the problem: we need to know all of Mexico, now.
NICARAGUA
Detienen en Nicaragua a pandillero hondureño
PANAMA
The status of Social Security in Panama
PERU
Peru extends reserve requirements to bank units overseas
PUERTO RICO
Pfizer Must Pay $1.5 Million in Prempro Damages, Jury in Puerto Rico Says
VENEZUELA
Venezuelan Minister of Finance announces sharp devaluation of currency
After a legislative coup, a sort of economy coup: massive devaluation in Venezuela
Hugo and Hillary have a ‘friendly chat’
EL PAQUETE CHÁVEZ-GIORDANI-FIDEL HARÁ DEL 2011 EL AÑO DE LA MÁS AGUDA CONFLICTIVIDAD SOCIAL
The week’s posts and podcasts:
Hillary and Hugo BFFs
Silvio Canto’s podcast, Let’s talk about Cuba 2011
Hillary to Hugo: “Use me! Abuse me!”
PBS’s Ray Suarez can’t believe the truth about Cuba’s healthcare, also at Hot Air.
Finally! The US shows some gonadal fortitude to Chavez VIDEO
Bomb explodes at Greek Embassy in Argentina
El Cuchillo druglord killed in Colombia
NewsHour’s Cuban healthcare fairytale