ARGENTINA
Cause: Argentina Bans Dollar Purchases For Savings, Infobae Says (h/t Clark). Effect: Making The Euro Zone Look Good
Argentina convicts 2 dictators of stealing babies
BOLIVIA
La República de la cocaína
Bolivian farmer dies in protests against Canadian mine
CHILE
Star Gazers
Way out in a barren Chilean desert, the biggest telescope ever made is taking shape, via Instapundit.
CUBA
The Self-Employed and the “Mules”
The Truth About Cuba, via Babalu.
ECUADOR
Ecuador Seeks Liquidity Loan As Correa Loses Oil Funding
GUATEMALA
U.S. soldier killed on humanitarian mission in Guatemala
HONDURAS
Xiomara Castro Urges Hondurans to Retake Power
MEXICO
Remember Fast and Furious’s Mexican Victims.
Mexico destroys 1 million chickens for bird flu
Mexico’s Leader Seeks to Shed the Past
OLIVER STONE: MEXICO NEEDS DRUG WAR FOR ECONOMIC SURVIVAL
MEXICO ELECTION REPORTEDLY CORRUPT
PARAGUAY
Mercosur Shows Lack Of Ethics
The Paraguay MERCOSUR fiasco: the loser list
PUERTO RICO
Our American Dream: Bobby Sanabria, the Voice of Afro-Cuban Jazz
URUGUAY
Uruguay president: Only pot will be legal
VENEZUELA
Chavez Promotes to Minister Military Officer designated by the U.S Treasury as Drug Kingpin
Venezuelan Officials Acting on Behalf of the FARC
Chávez: into Mercosur by a side door
Mitt Romney: We Stand With Venezuelans Fighting For Democracy And Freedom
The week’s posts:
Cuba: $1.55 billion, gone!