ARGENTINACHILE
Chile’s Sebastian Pinera visits wildfire victims
CUBA
Cuban dissident blogger prepares ‘victory’ tour abroad
ECUADOR
Why Ecuador Matters
Assange: Total cost to police Ecuadorian embassy hits £2.9 million
FASHION
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican food, beyond rice and beans
US POLITICS
“Cruz has taken the wear-their-scorn-as-a-badge-of-honor approach with his liberal critics.”
VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez in first post-surgery images
The Gran Inquisitor by Miguel Angel Santos
The week’s posts,
Hugo Chavez reportedly back in Venezuela
Colombia: Good news on the Casona
Mexico develops cheap energy; USA not quite
Pope decided to resign after visiting Cuba and snubbing the Ladies in White
Podcast:
The US & violence in Central America
Correa’s style of politics—the same type of politics practiced by Chávez in Venezuela, by Cristina Kirchner in Argentina, and by Evo Morales in Bolivia—relies on class warfare, thuggery, and demonization.
Hmmm. What other Western Hemisphere leader does this remind me of???
What other one indeed?
And from my mom’s country of origin, Grenada, news that their economy is a mess, when it wasn’t all that long ago that the little island that could was a shining example of – not this:
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/02/19/grenada-holds-parliamentary-elections-amid-economic-crisis/
30% unemployment! Hard times, Zilla!