Mariel, puerto para la llegada masiva de empresas brasileñas a la economía de Cuba (h/t Silvio)
CHILE
Chile’s mining industry
Friends again
Anglo American and Codelco settle their dispute
COLOMBIA
Colombia and the FARC
Talking about talks
This time negotiations might eventually bring peace
CUBA
Castro Cashes-In From Obama’s Policy
Surprise upon surprise! “Reforms” only serve to make everything worse in Castrolandia
Cuban police arrest former Group of 75 prisoner of conscience Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia (updated)
LATIN AMERICA
Latin America’s Autocrats Fail Marx’s Survival Test
Pemex Makes Its First Big Oil Find in Deep Gulf
Mexican cartels now trafficking … cigarettes?
PUERTO RICO
Mitt Romney Would Support Puerto Rico Statehood Bid, Gov. Fortuno Says
Gov. Luis Fortuno of Puerto Rico address RNC
VENEZUELA
Hardly Reported: Venezuelan Refinery Disaster Has Chavez on Defensive, May Be Deadliest in World History (H/T Phineas)
Venezuela’s refinery disaster
A tragedy foretold
A fatal refinery blast will not help Hugo Chávez
Venezuelan Governmentt Spins On Amuay Disaster, Evidence Mounts Of Insufficient Maintenance
The strange case of the Yanomami massacre in Venezuela
Empty greenhouses, empty promises (report in Spanish)
The week’s posts:
Reading: The War of All the People