ARGENTINA
The Argentina Scenario
The Obama administration’s familiar economic mistakes
Argentina Makes Colombia Drug Bust
Henry de Jesús López, 41 years old, was captured Tuesday near Buenos Aires in an operation that involved Argentina’s intelligence service working alongside the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Colombia’s national police, officials said.
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Mr. López’s stays in Venezuela and Argentina fit into a trend in which Colombian drug lords are setting up shop in neighboring countries to escape the pressure of Colombian security forces, which have a strong track record in fighting the country’s top drug cartels. Venezuelan police in September arrested Daniel Barrera, another alleged top Colombian drug trafficker who had been living in Venezuela for years.Some Colombian cartels are now sending their cocaine shipments first to countries such as Argentina or Brazil before moving them to the U.S. or Europe, police say.
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BRAZIL
A Soap Set in the Favelas
Intellectual property in Brazil
Owning ideas
Getting serious about patents
COLOMBIA
Colombia’s Market Watchdog Seizes Brokerage
COSTA RICA
Body of missing Mexican reporter found in in Costa Rica
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican police arrest 3 in killing of former Yankees pitcher Pascual Perez
HAITI
Haiti Death Toll Rises After Hurricane Sandy
LATIN AMERICA
Obama’s Failure in Latin America
The president has not provided real leadership
MEXICO
Mexico’s crime cartels: In Michoacan state it’s pretty quiet. The quiet of defeat.
Recycling in Mexico
Junk food
A novel market swaps rubbish for vegetables
Mexico shuts down Korean firm after workplace violence
PERU
Peru faces multibillion-dollar cost to clean up ‘fiscal skeleton’
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Election Eyed by Debt Investors
Puerto Rico launches construction of Caribbean’s largest solar energy project
Humor: Puertorriqueños Ya Están Finalmente Preparados Para Votar De Nuevo Por El PNP O El PPD
VENEZUELA
The oncoming food crisis in Venezuela
Sidetur Takeover: Lawlessness and Disorder In Revolutionary Venezuela
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