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The postponed amnesty Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

LatinAmerHow convenient: Abandoning his pledge to act by the end of summer, President Barack Obama has decided to delay any executive action on immigration until after the November congressional elections, White House officials said.

ARGENTINA
Argentine High Court to Rule on Right-to-Die

Behemoth Argentine dinosaur Dreadnoughtus made T. rex look puny
Researchers are studying the remains of a colossal, long-necked dinosaur, named Dreadnoughtus meaning “fearing nothing”, that shook the Earth about 77 million years ago

Gustavo Cerati: Argentine rock legend dies after long coma

BOLIVIA
Blind jazz prodigy, aged nine, wowing Bolivian audiences

BRAZIL
Auto Production Falls Sharply in Brazil

Brazil’s Politicians Often Play the Clown in Ads

CHILE
Central Bank Cuts Forecast for Chile’s Growth in 2014

COLOMBIA
Colombia Expels Venezuelan Opposition Student Activist Lorent Gomez Saleh

ECUADOR
Correa-Tied Anti-Piracy Firm Targets Reporters Investigating Ambassador
Days after Ecuadorian news outlet exposed potential corruption, Ares Rights filed a copyright complaint

EL SALVADOR
El Salvador ex-head hands himself in
El Salvador ex-President Francisco Flores hands himself in to a judge after months on the run from allegations of corruption.

GUATEMALA
Prisoner Faces New Charges

HONDURAS
Gun Deaths in Honduras Double in 9 Years

JAMAICA
Unresponsive plane crashes into seaIn this July 11, 2009, image obtained from the US Navy, Two F-15 Strike Eagles assigned to the Louisiana Air National Guard 159th Fighter Wing fly over southern Louisiana’s wetlands during a photo exercise
A private plane tailed by US fighter jets when it failed to respond to air traffic control, crashes off Jamaica, with an American couple on board.

MEXICO
Amnesty says torture rife in Mexico
Torture is still rife in Mexico and routinely used to extract confessions, human rights organisation Amnesty International says.

Billboard Drives Home Extent of Corruption as Schools Suffer

NICARAGUA
5 gold miners still trapped in Nicaragua

PANAMA
Panama Canal expansion dredges up treasure

PARAGUAY
Peru’s Congress Denounces Former President Toledo for Money Laundering

PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Luring Buyers With Tax Breaks

URUGUAY
Pepe Mujica a Libertarian? If Only…
Talk Is Cheap for Uruguay’s “Humble President”

VENEZUELA
Dude, Your Strategic Fund Has Less than a Week’s Worth of Imports In It

There IS Too Much Money To Be Made In The Bolivarian Revolution Part II: The Cadivi Rackets

Ciudad Guayana: In Venezuela’s model city, a dream sputters
Amid labor conflicts, a once-proud industrial city is a monument to the nation’s economic woes.

PDVSA Said to Hire London PR Firm as Venezuela Struggles

The week’s posts:
Brazil: Marina Silva is now frontrunner

US Signs Agreement with Mexico to Protect Mexican Workers–Including Illegals

Iran’s tango with Latin America

En español: Jennifer Lawrence en la Unidad de Quemados

Chile: $30m of cocaine and marijuana seized

Corruption: Brazil not on the map

US can’t locate 60,000 on student visas

Venezuela: Chavista Lord’s Prayer UPDATED

At Da Tech Guy Blog:
The week in the administration

Just what are “immigration rights”?


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  1. HONDURAS
    Gun Deaths in Honduras Double in 9 Years

    Fausta, this headline from the LAHT- which you correctly quoted- is one more illustration of the innumeracy of many in the journalism profession.

    From the article:
    The number of deaths in Honduras caused by firearms has increased 206.5 percent over the past nine years, the Central American nation’s human rights commissioner said on Friday….

    Murders carried out with guns climbed from 1,835 in 2005 to 5,626 last year.

    The percentage quoted- 206.5%– is correct. Murders more than tripled from 1835 to 5625. What the headline writer doesn’t realize is that a 200% increase indicates a tripling, just as a 100% increase indicates a doubling. That is junior high math, which is beyond the ken of too many in the journalism profession.

  2. Pepe Mujica a Libertarian? If Only…
    Talk Is Cheap for Uruguay’s “Humble President”

    Yup, the Tupmaros were that libertarian- excuse me “liberation” -movement back in the day.
    And Pepe was buddy buddy with Hugo Chavez, the late great libertarian.