Welcome! This week’s posts on Latin America and the Caribbean are:
On Latin America in general:
Wealth and Nations, via Dr Sanity
SOS: Truth Telling Deeply Needed for Latin America (link now corrected)
ARGENTINA:
Via Eneas of the Hispanic American Center for Economic Research, Corruption in Argentinian election – 28-October-2007
Via Siggy, Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina: Jewish community welcomes new president, who has taken a strong position against terrorism and the Dirty War.
BOLIVIA:
Learning English through avatars
CUBA
Poster relates Che’s dark side
“The Victims of Che Guevera” poster, produced by the Young America’s Foundation, centers on a collage that uses tiny photos of those killed by Cuba’s communist regime to compose the face of the Marxist guerrilla, who has become a popular T-shirt icon.
Via Larwyn, WaPo Writer Waxes Poetic for Castro Regime Control Mechanism
Son: [Oscar Elias] Biscet is “an inspiration”; The unyielding ones
ECUADOR
The Vatican Denounces Chavez-Correa anti-Freedom Constitutional Epidemic
HAITI
Again… UN Troops Involved In Another Child Sex Scandal
MEXICO
Chucha Libre
NICARAGUA
Nica news for Nov 2
VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s Constitutional Reform continues the item-by-item review
The New York Times Does PDVSA: The Perils of Petrocracy
EXPOSING THE CHAVEZ NIGHTMARE IN LATIN AMERICA
Troops Attack Venezuelan Protesters – Again
Venezuela Congress OKs ending Chavez term limits; Via Larwyn, Venezuela Circling the Drain
OTHERS LINKING THE CARNIVAL:
A colombo-americana’s perspective
Babalu
Dr. Sanity
ECrisis
Heading to Retirement
The Washington Times