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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Latin America stories: 93 news summaries

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(Newser) - Cuba appears to be serious about trying to normalize relations with the US. A day after Raul Castro met with a delegation of US congressional representatives, the big man himself did the same, Reuters reports. Fidel, replaced by his brother 14 months ago as head of state when his health... More »

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Congress • Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Barbara Lee

 García Márquez 
 Finished With 
 Writing: Agent 

Giant of Latin American literature's oeuvre is complete

Apr 2, 09 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world has probably already seen the complete work of Gabriel García Márquez, the Guardian reports. Friend and fellow author Plinion Apuleyo Mendoza said last year that the creator of magical realism was working on a new novel, but his agent recently quashed that rumor. "I don't... More »

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Latin America • Colombia • literature • author • novel • book • Nobel Prize for Literature • Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ex-Guerrillas Win El Salvador Presidency

Left takes power for
first time since
12-year civil war

Mar 16, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(AP) - A leftist television journalist has won El Salvador's presidential election, bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since the bloody civil war and ending 2 decades of conservative rule. Mauricio Funes, a moderate plucked from outside the ranks of the rebel-group-turned-political-party FMLN, became the latest... More »

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Latin America • El Salvador • election • leftist • Mauricio Funes

(AP) - President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials today, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro a year ago, the AP reports. The changes replaced some key Fidel loyalists, including the longtime foreign minister, with men closer... More »

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Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro

ANALYSIS

A Year In, Raúl's Cuba In Midst of New Revolution

Fidel's younger brother raises country's global profile, begins reform

Feb 24, 09 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Today marks the first anniversary of Raúl Castro's rise to the top of Cuban politics, and as the Miami Herald reports, he has lots to celebrate. Latin America's continuing leftward shift has seen regional leaders cozy up to Fidel's brother, and Russia has used Cuba to expand its presence... More »

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Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Cuban embargo • Havana

Venezuela Seizes Stanford Bank, Calls It Healthy

Country provided up to 30% of group's funds

Feb 19, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Venezuela has taken control of a bank run by alleged fraudster R. Allen Stanford and his Stanford International Group, the New York Times reports. A banking regulator said the retail bank is essentially healthy, but Venezuelans are still fretting. “When Venezuelan forces say nothing is wrong,” explained... More »

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Latin America • fraud • Venezuela • Ponzi scheme • Hugo Chávez • Stanford Financial Group • Robert Allen Stanford

FARC Tortures, Kills 17 Native Colombians

Paramilitary swooped into village, kidnapping pacifist tribesmen

Feb 12, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Colombian paramilitary that held Ingrid Betancourt hostage tortured and killed 17 indigenous people who they believed were aiding the government, human rights groups say. CNN reports that FARC members swept into a remote village in southwest Colombia and kidnapped the pacifist Awa Indians, including two minors. One young man... More »

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Latin America • torture • Colombia • FARC • Colombian rebels • indigenous peoples

 Latin American Leaders  
 Slam Failed US Drug War 

Group of ex-leaders calls for US to move away from prohibitionist policies

Feb 12, 09 5:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Some of America's firmest allies in the war on drugs say the battle is shattering their societies while failing to stop the flow of drugs, reports the Wall Street Journal. A report from a panel headed by the former leaders of Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico—all conservatives who hit hard... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • Brazil • Colombia • marijuana • Bill Maher • drug traffickers • Ernesto Zedillo • Bill Maher Grid

 Chavez Marks Decade in Power 

President gives Venezuela today off amid attempts to continue reign

Feb 2, 09 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Hugo Chavez declared a national holiday in Venezuela today to celebrate his 10th anniversary as the country’s president, Reuters reports. The festivities come during efforts by Chavez supporters to extend presidential term limits, and amid fears from some quarters that his increased power is evolving into dictatorship. But Chavez... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • president • anniversary • Hugo Chávez • term limits

Top Kidnap Negotiator
Kidnapped in Mexico

Officials believe brazen kidnapping a show of force by Mexican crime gang

Dec 16, 08 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Masked gunmen have seized a top kidnapping negotiator in Mexico, Reuters reports. Cuban-American Felix Batista, who helped secure the release of dozens of kidnap victims in Colombia, was grabbed outside a restaurant in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo. Authorities suspect the abduction of Batista, who was in the country... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • organized crime • kidnapping • kidnapper

Priest Slams 'Blasphemous' Playboy Cover
of Veiled Maria

Church still furious after magazine apology

Dec 16, 08 4:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Playboy's apology for a cover appearing to show a breast-flashing Virgin Mary isn't penance enough, a furious priest tells CNN. Playboy Mexico said the picture of a veiled model in front of a stained-glass window with the caption "Te Adoramos María"—"We Adore You, Maria"—... More »

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Latin America • Mexico • Catholicism • priest • Playboy • adult magazines

 Stone Shooting Chavez Flick 

Director sticking with politics for follow-up to W

Dec 11, 08 5:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone is following up his Bush biopic with a documentary on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the new wave of Latin American leftism, Variety reports. Stone, who joined Chavez earlier this year in an effort to broker a deal to free hostages held by Colombian rebels, has... More »

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Latin America • film • Venezuela • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • documentary • film director • Oliver Stone • Hugo Chávez

Betancourt Back in Colombia for Anti-FARC Tour

Ex-hostage aims to disarm rebels; some
see only her ambition

Nov 30, 08 6:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt returned to Colombia yesterday to kick off a tour aimed at getting the rebels to disarm, AFP reports. "I am so very happy to be here," said Betancourt, who has received death threats from FARC and will keep her Colombia visit brief. She... More »

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Latin America • Colombia • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • hostage

Analysis

 After 10 Years, Chavez Faltering 

But still blustering

Nov 28, 08 12:34 PM CST
(Newser) - After 10 years in power, Hugo Chavez is as blustery as ever. He’s predicted the end of “the evil capitalist mode,” told the IMF to “commit suicide,” and this week invited Dmitry Medvedev and a flotilla of Russian warships down for joint exercises. But beneath... More »

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Latin America • Venezuela • Hugo Chávez • oil prices

 Latin American 
 Nations Reject DEA 

Bolivia, Ecuador latest to repudiate US anti-drug operations

Nov 10, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Some Latin American countries are pushing back against the US by cutting off DEA operations, the Christian Science Monitor reports. President Evo Morales, saying DEA agents "worked to conduct political espionage," gave them 3 months to leave Bolivia. Ecuador, meanwhile, has refused to renew the US lease on... More »

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Latin America • War on Drugs • Venezuela • DEA • Bolivia • Drug Enforcement Administration • Evo Morales • Ecuador • Hugo Chávez • George W. Bush

Chile's Frisky Teens Kiss Off Conservative Ways of Old

Parents, educators fret about sexual revolution

Sep 13, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chile's teenagers are going through a sexual rebellion unlike anything the once straight-laced Catholic country has ever seen before, the New York Times reports. Now parents and educators, who themselves grew up under the repressive Pinochet regime, are worried that sex education isn't keeping up with promiscuity fueled in part... More »

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Latin America • Chile • sexuality • youth • sexual behavior • teenager

 Chavez Boots 
 US Envoy: 
 'Go to Hell, 
 Yankees!' 

Threatens to cut oil shipments

Sep 12, 08 4:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a dramatic move in support of Bolivia, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez yesterday slashed diplomatic ties with the US, booting the American ambassador and calling home his envoy from Washington, reports Reuters. The socialist leader has also threatened to stop all oil shipments to the US—Venezuela’s largest customer—... More »

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Russia • oil • Latin America • Venezuela • Bolivia • Caracas • Evo Morales • Hugo Chávez • embassy staff

 Gustav Kills 11, Weakens

Could strike US as Category 3

Aug 27, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(AP) - Thousands fled their homes as Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Dominican Republic and Haiti before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said today that he still represents a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. They suggested... More »

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weather • Latin America • Mexico • Cuba • United States • Jamaica • Haiti • Caribbean • tropical storms • Dominican Republic • Royal Dutch Shell • Hurricane Gustav

 As World Economies
 Falter, Brazil Sambas

New economic powerhouse withstanding tremors

Jul 31, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Economies worldwide are stalling, with growth slowing to a trickle and markets seizing up. But in Brazil, long a laggard on the international stage, the economy is growing at the largest rate in three decades. Good government, progressive social programs, and newly discovered resources have allowed Brazil to finally take... More »

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Latin America • Brazil • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva • South America • emerging markets • boom economy • BRICs

Cuban Youth Prefer Facebook to Revolution

They're resigned to small freedoms, not sweeping change

Jul 26, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cuba's youth are restless, but many are more concerned about access to Facebook, flat-screen TVs, and trips abroad than political change, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Young people say that they pressured Raul Castro to allow cell phone and computer ownership, but they remain disillusioned about the prospects for greater... More »

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Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban dissidents

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