ARGENTINA
Cada cinco días sale un Narcojet del país
Argentina’s Supreme Court demands government balance allocation of state advertising
BOLIVIA
Smuggling Scandal Shakes Bolivia
BRAZIL
Weary Brazilians seek escape from Carnival crowds
89 million condoms to be given out at Brazil’s Carnival
Already Lofty Interest Rates in Brazil Get Even Higher
30 Billion USD 2011 budget cut
COLOMBIA
Colombia’s Leader Looks Beyond the U.S.
Fidel’s Ideal Road Map to Solve the Alan Gross Case
Gross trial gets under way in Havana
Cuba and the internet
Wired, at last
The battle of the blogs begins
Jaime de Marichalar y su exabrupto anticastrista
ECUADOR
A cure worse than the disease
EL SALVADOR
Obama meets with El Salvador’s president
HAITI
A journey to Jacmel
Little miracles
JAMAICA
Music and crime in the Caribbean
Bad news for Buju Banton
MEXICO
I have been reading about – but not blogging on – the Gunwalker scandal. Via Instapundit, Robert Farago has three explanations on The Real Reason the ATF Smuggled Guns Into Mexico: 1. To catch the “big fish”, 2. Empire building, and 3. ATF Agents enabled smuggled guns to line their own pockets, concluding that,
The amount of money—cash money—flowing in the drug trade is beyond your wildest imagination. Tens of billions of dollars. The Mexican drug lords have corrupted officials on both sides of the border, at the highest possible levels. Why not the ATF? Money talks, guns walk. Makes perfect sense.
No Man’s Land: The Mystery of Mexico’s Drug Wars
U.S., Mexico Unveil Deal to End Trucking Dispute
Calderon: WikiLeaks caused severe damage to U.S.-Mexico relations
The elephant in the room, via Gancho
NICARAGUA
US to Nicaragua’s opposition: We can dance, but you lead
PERU
The Liberation of Lori Berenson
Minute-by-minute: A recount of the Peru’s electoral debate
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico sweetens film incentives
Looks to lure biz as some states trim offerings
VENEZUELA
Qaddafi Said to Accept Venezuelan Offer for Help
Qaddafi’s Pal in Caracas
Hugo Chávez had better hope he doesn’t end up like his dictator friends
That Sirocco breeze from Libya….
The week’s posts and podcasts,
Charlie Sheen, Sean Penn, and Hugo Chavez to the rescue!, also in The Greenroom.
Podcast: President Calderon meets Pres BO
Mexican drug cartels in the USA: The new Mafia
Is Castro Gaddafi’s pimp?
Caracas’s high-rise to nowhere