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March 14, 2011 By Fausta

The Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

LatinAmerThe entire hemisphere is listening to the news on Japan. The LatinAmericanist has a roundup of LatAm ”desaparecidos” in post-earthquake Japan

LATIN AMERICA
Buoyed by Recovery, Migrants Send Home More Money

Tsunami waves graze Latin America’s Pacific coast

ARGENTINA
Peronists seek to stifle Vargas Llosa

Why is a segment, perhaps the majority, of the Argentine electorate insensitive to these violations of the law and moral standards? In my view, for three reasons:
• Because, 60 years ago, Peronism introduced a practice of patronage politics in which the militants give their support in exchange for some privilege or gift given by the politicians. They vote with their stomachs, not with their hearts or heads.
• Because a cynical attitude prevails towards the democratic system, built on the false premise that “all politicians are equally corrupt.” (That’s not true; in Argentina there are honest politicians and officials.)
• Because many Argentines, after several generations of continuous apathy, are willing to flout the law if they obtain some benefit from it. That makes a mockery of the republican ideal of a society of thoughtful citizens, voluntarily placed under the authority of the law. That responsible attitude simply does not prevail in a country where it’s common to boast about breaking the rules.
It’s no wonder that this lamentable civic climate nurtures an atmosphere conducive to the use of fascist tactics inimical to republican virtues, a habit of using some degree of violence against those who report violations of law, or simply express opinions contrary to the official current.

Bones and human rights
Identifying skeletal remains

BRAZIL
Brazil’s labour laws
Employer, beware
An archaic labour code penalises businesses and workers alike

CHILE
Chile-Japan nexus

COLOMBIA
22 Oil Workers Are Freed

Marxist guerrillas have freed 22 of the 23 oil workers for Canadian energy company Talisman Energy Inc. who were kidnapped late Monday, Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said Tuesday.

Mr. Rivera said one of the 23 was released or escaped Monday night, while the 21 others were freed early Tuesday because of heavy pursuit by Colombia’s armed forces.

Managing cities
Bogotá’s rise and fall
Can Enrique Peñalosa restore a tarnished municipal model?

Tehran says is keen to cement ties with Colombia

CUBA
Biscet freed, sent home

Gaddafi and Castro, Solidarity Between Despots

A little less Che & a little more Tea for Cuba?

Continue reading on Examiner.com: A little less Che & a little more Tea for Cuba? – Portland TEA Party | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/tea-party-in-portland-me/a-little-less-che-a-little-more-tea-for-cuba#ixzz1GaMNN1c3

ECUADOR
Tsunami waves hit the Galapagos,

HAITI
Homecoming for Haitians
After the new president is elected, the prospects for reform may hinge on returning emigres
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HONDURAS
Narcolaboratorio podría ser de cartel de Sinaloa
Ministro de Seguridad reveló que ya se tienen pistas de involucrados hondureños. Expertos colombianos determinarán cuánta droga se producía

Honduras and its former president
Why a pariah may return
Many now have reason to want Manuel Zelaya to come home

MEXICO
Dallas News report: Path of Destruction, via Silvio Canto.

Suicidal: Obama Sends 20 More ICE Agents to Mexico… Unarmed, article also at the Washington Examiner, Obama sending more unarmed agents into Mexico

Current Mexican law bans foreign law enforcement agents from carrying weapons, even when working on an investigation–a policy over which President Obama recently expressed his approval.

American Professor Kidnapped in Mexico

ATF Let Guns “Walk” Into Hands Of Mexican Drug-Gangs?

ATF Lied, Mexicans Died, via Doug Ross.

Should Mexico Go the ‘British Way’?

México tuvo menos homicidios que varios países, incluyendo a Venezuela

los países que están por arriba de México son Brasil (con 25,3 homicidios por cada cien mil habitantes), Jamaica (32,4), Belice (32,7), Colombia (37,3), Venezuela (48,0), Sudáfrica (49,6) y El Salvador (61,0).

PBS Documentary, U.S. mayor, police chief charged with smuggling guns to Mexico

Wanted: Officers to Retake Mexico

The Storm that Swept Mexico, airing on May 15,

TRAILER – The Storm That Swept Mexico from Paradigm Productions on Vimeo.

PERU
Peru elections shaken by reports of drug money

PUERTO RICO
Third U.S. Tsunami Center May Be Headed to Puerto Rico

Walking a tightrope 60 feet above the ground, El acróbata Rick Wallenda imita en Puerto Rico la hazaña en la que murió su abuelo

VENEZUELA
BFFs

Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez loses Libya stadium honour
A stadium in eastern Libya named in honour of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been stripped of its title, opposition groups say.

OAS monitor concerned with gov’t attacks on press in Venezuela

The week’s posts and podcasts,
After the Gross sentence: More concessions from Obama?
Cuba: Alan Gross sentenced to 15 yrs in prison
Congress must pass the FTAs with Colombia and Panama
Why the Obama administration’s silence on Chavez and Castro? UPDATED with VIDEO

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