ARGENTINA
Stop trying to intimidate Falklanders, Hague tells Argentina
Video: Argentinian protesters burn Union flag outside UK embassy
Argentines Continue to Eat Less Beef
Bolivia is the world’s third biggest cocaine producer, and the main supplier to Brazil.
The deal was signed after months of negotiations and repeated delays as Bolivia sought changes to the document.
Bolivian Interior Minister Wilfredo Chavez said Bolivia had insisted on respect for its sovereignty as well as for the traditional consumption of coca leaf, which is used for medicinal and ritual purposes.
Reminds me of one of my relatives, who died of alcoholism, and used to say “it’s for purely medicinal purposes” as he swigged down from a flask.
BRAZIL
Fernando Henrique Cardoso on Brazil’s future
More personal security, less inequality
CHILE
Chilean government puts a stop to bill that would have allowed warrantless access to media archives
Cigars and Law Schools in Havana
ECUADOR
Gov. Cuomo’s ex wife Kerry Kennedy in $40 million anti-oil deal
GUATEMALA
Guatemala’s new president
Quick march
A former general must move fast to meet expectations
GUYANA
The Loneliness of the Guyanas
HAITI
In Haiti, former dictator ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier is thriving
Most violent city in the world award goes to …
Mexico’s drug war
Not so fast
The simmering controversy over Operation Fast and Furious
Mexico’s 2012 vote is vulnerable to narco threat
Two die of A(H1N1) swine flu in Mexico: official
What If: The Greatest Threat – An Al Qaida-Drug Cartel Alliance
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico to Boot Dozens of Politicians
VENEZUELA
Venezuela and international arbitration
Ick-SID
Chávez appointment – a slap to Colombia?
Chávez Gets Bluster Back and Reclaims the Spotlight, as if he didn’t have it all along.
Is Leopoldo López Venezuela’s Rick Perry?
Video: Ezra Levant talks about why the Keystone Calamity benefits Venezuela the most , via Babalu and Gerard,
Another Lie, Another Cynical Day For PDVSA’s President Rafael Ramirez
The week’s posts:
Cuba: Building collapse kills 4
Where the coke comes from