The free homemade Viagra Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

The Argentinian government produced its first drug: a generic version of Viagra. Good thing no one in Argentina needs aspirin.

ARGENTINA
Argentina: revés para el neopopulismo

Indigenous peoples in Argentina: “We are strangers in our own country”

BOLIVIA
A report on the Mennonite colony of Manitoba, Bolivia: THE GHOST RAPES OF BOLIVIA
THE PERPETRATORS WERE CAUGHT, BUT THE CRIMES CONTINUE

BRAZIL:
Glenn Greenwald offered Brazilian protection from U.S.
Greenwald tells Salon he intends to visit the U.S. soon — but says the risk of prosecution against him is real

CHILE
Endesa Chile Appeals Ruling Against Thermoelectric Project

COLOMBIA:
Talking to Colombian Guerrillas Doesn’t Make You Popular

Colombia coca area down by 25% – UN
The area of land planted with coca – the raw ingredient for cocaine – in Colombia has fallen by 25%, a UN report has said.

3 years with Colombia`s President Juan Manuel Santos

CUBA
Missile Crisis Wasn’t End of Cuba’s Missiles
The U.S. government has had evidence of missiles in Cuba—particularly North Korean—for at least two decades.

ECUADOR
Ecuadorean soldier killed on border
An army officer from Ecuador and five Colombian rebels have died in clashes near Colombian border, local media reports say.

GUATEMALA
Mayan frieze discovered in Guatemala
Archaeologists discover a richly decorated Mayan frieze which had been buried in an ancient pyramid in northern Guatemala.

HONDURAS
Attorney Who Revealed Death Threats Murdered in Honduras

LATIN AMERICA
Opinión: 101 años de Milton Friedman y su legado para la libertad del mundo de hoy

MEXICO
Kingpin Behind Killing of DEA Agent Released from Mexican Prison
Rafael Caro Quintero left the penitentiary in the western state of Jalisco several hours before the court decision was made public, the source said

PANAMA
U.N. probes Cuban arms shipment bound for N. Korea

36 Hours in Panama City, Panama

PARAGUAY
Paraguay Rebuffs Mercosur’s Rapprochement

PUERTO RICO:
Puerto Rico Utility Pays a Premium to Borrow
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Sold $673.1 Million in Bonds

VENEZUELA:
Corruption in Venezuela
The billion-dollar fraud
Evidence of huge rip-offs at the heart of the “Bolivarian revolution” has unleashed political infighting, Unsurprisingly,

Claims of corruption involve some of the most senior figures in Mr Chávez’s “Bolivarian revolution” (named for Simón Bolívar, Venezuela’s independence hero). In an audio tape leaked in May, Mario Silva, a presenter on state television and (it now appears) a Cuban agent, enumerated to his handler the sources of illicit finance he said were available to Diosdado Cabello, speaker of parliament and leader of the ruling socialist party, who is a potential rival to Mr Maduro. They included the tax authority, headed by Mr Cabello’s brother, and Cadivi. Mr Cabello dismissed the audio tape as a fake, the public prosecutor has yet to investigate and Mr Silva lost his job.

Instead, Mr Cabello has gone after the opposition.

Apotheosis of Chavez proclaimed by Maduro: Christ became incarnate in Hugo

A heavy fine for El Nacional to attack freedom of expression

The week’s posts and podcast:
Argentina: Free (homemade) Viagra

Venezuela: More repression

Venezuela: Supreme court dismisses the Capriles election appeal

Cuba: 100 political arrests in 5 days

Argentina: Back to the UN

Mexico: Pemex to allow foreign investment?

Cuba: The Russia, Iran, & North Korea trifecta

Colombia: The FARC negotiations

Podcast:
The latest from Venezuela with Comandante Cazorla