ARGENTINA
Argentina as No Claims-Nation Revealed in Repsol Losses: Energy
Repsol YPF SA (REP), the Spanish oil explorer seeking $10.5 billion from Argentina for seizing its assets, will line up behind companies from Exxon Mobil Corp. to Unisys Corp. yet to be repaid by the most-sued nation on earth.
There are 26 cases pending against Argentina, more than any other country, at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, the principal arbitration court for claims against sovereign countries. So far, it has refused to pay any of the tribunal’s judgments, according to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists’ report.
BOLIVIA
Bases militares venezolanas: Entrevista a la Diputada Norma Pierola
CUBA
Smile, You’re on Candid Camera.
Getting Ready for Life after Castro
Managing the transition to a democratic Cuba: A user’s guide.
ECUADOR
Ecuador seeks answer to riddle of Inca emperor’s tomb
UPDATE:
MUST-WATCH VIDEO,
GUATEMALA
End of times not quite here yet: Mayan art and calendar at Xultun stun archaeologists
“The ancient Maya predicted the world would continue, that 7,000 years from now, things would be exactly like this,” he said.
Forty-nine headless corpses found in Mexico
Mexico’s presidential election
Political lucha libre
Mexico’s leading presidential candidate is handsome, popular and still a mystery
PERU
‘Mutated’ Shining Path Resurfaces in Peru
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Plans to Stop Deficit Borrowing by Fiscal 2014
Puerto Rico plans to offer free Web connections at dozens of centers and public plazas
VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s narcostate
Venezuelan politics
A modest concession to reality, but the weird news continue: Venezuela crossword Chavez assassination plot denied
A Venezuelan crossword compiler has been questioned by intelligence agents after being accused of hiding a coded assassination message in a puzzle.
Watching Some “Strategic” Companies In Bolivarian Venezuela
The week’s posts:
Saturday tango: CNN version
Cuban slave labor used to build Ikea furniture in the 1980s
The History of Ernesto Che Guevara – A Short Story
Mexico: The boob tube UPDATED with VIDEO
In Defense of Marco Rubio’s Story of His Family’s Exile