The Honduras agreement Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean.

This week’s big news: the new Honduras agreement. Please see this morning’s roundup on the international reaction, and last Friday’s post. More posts on Honduras below.

LATIN AMERICA

Hacia una visa común latinoamericana

ARGENTINA

Argentina’s debt negotiations: Settling up

The government seeks a deal on its remaining defaulted bonds

BOLIVIA

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Chávez pagó a BTR para armar a la policía antimotines de Evo Morales

BRAZIL

Indígenas del Amazonas salvan a sobrevivientes de un accidente aéreo en Brasil

Saturday guitar

CHILE

Chilean President Rides High as Term Ends

Cinco nuevos proyectos de edificios de oficinas en Santiago Centro.

COLOMBIA

Colombia’s paramilitaries: Militias march again

The “justice and peace” process the Colombian government offered to right-wing paramilitaries is at risk of falling apart

CUBA

Sean Penn’s Cuba odyssey

WHO chief says Fidel Castro ‘looks wonderful’

Obama asked Spain to deliver a message to Raúl about ‘changes,’ newspaper says

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Marriage amendment in DR flies under the radar

HONDURAS

Zelaya advierte que no avalará el Gobierno de Unidad si no es restituido

Republican lawmakers seek probe over Honduras coup

Honduras Is An Opportunity. And the United States shouldn’t squander it. Well, they just did.

George Soros and the Illegal Drug Trade Behind Obama’s Honduras Policy?

MEXICO

Mexico’s Debacle—A Teaching Moment

U.S. put Mexican human rights crusader into forced asylum. Lawyer likens episode at El Paso crossing to ‘Twilight Zone’

NICARAGUA

Constitutional Danger in Nicaragua, Ortega Up to His Old Tricks

The Time Of Tyrants

PANAMA

Panama’s financial industry

Shades of grey: The unfinished job of cleaning up the country’s financial reputation

Exit tax up to $40 next year

PERU

Local soccer hooligans kill young woman in Peru

Jaime Bayly talks about the case (in Spanish)

PUERTO RICO

Quick Work: First Lawsuit Hits Over Friday’s Explosion in P.R.

Descartan terrorismo en incendio de P.Rico

El FBI concluyó que la explosión en Capeco no fue un acto de sabotaje, sino que fue provocado por gases que emanaron de un tanque en el almacén de combustibles de la empresa

URUGUAY

Uruguay: el Frente Amplio conserva la mayoría parlamentaria

VENEZUELA

Reader question, interesting comparisons on the US and Venezuela’s money printing

Venezuela as a narco-state

Interview with Daniel Duquenal of Venezuela News and Views

They all knew about electrical woes for at least 7 years

High Level U.S. Diplomat Meets With Chavez

Socialism in action in Venezuela

AMERICAN POLITICS

Justifying the Prize

This week’s posts

Please note there were no podcasts last week since I had laryngitis.

Trick or treat: The Zelaya costume

Lifestyles of the rich and famous Communists

To hell in a handbasket

Argentina: The war against the media.

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