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Latin America

News from the home of cocaine, carnivale, and the world's socialist poster boy, Hugo Chavez

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May 2008
- Thug Attack Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch
  
  newser | AFP | May 5, 08 5:48 AM CDT
  
  Sixty gunmen opened fire on a Mexican ranch yesterday, killing 10 and injuring six more, AFP reports. The shooting came a day after another in the same state killed at least seven. Both attacks were on the head of a local cattlemens' organization; both carried signs of organized crime in a wave of violence linked to drug cartels. The motive for yesterday’s shooting was unclear, the BBC notes. More »
- Good Sex Heats Up Politics in Ecuador
  
  newser | BBC | May 3, 08 4:28 PM CDT
  
  Politics are getting steamy in Ecuador these days. Maria Soledad Vela, a member of the nation's ruling party, wants to give Ecuadorian women the right to seek sexual happiness. Her proposal is sparking controversy in the conservative country, where women are traditionally seen as sexual objects or child bearers, the BBC reports. More »
April 2008
- Raul Castro Empties Cuba's Death Row
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 29, 08 8:31 AM CDT
  
  New Cuban president Raul Castro has commuted all but three of the country's death sentences to prison terms of 30 years to life, reports Reuters. Castro, who also has been gradually easing the country's restrictions on daily life, said the death penalty would remain on the books to deter "imperialist mercenaries." The three prisoners remaining on death row are charged with terrorist offenses. More »
- What a Drag! Ronaldo In Transvestite Flap
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 29, 08 8:07 AM CDT
  
  Soccer virtuoso Ronaldo was questioned by police in Rio de Janeiro yesterday after an altercation in a motel with transvestite prostitutes, Reuters reports. The star of AC Milan and the Brazilian national team took three call girls to the motel, only to discover that they were men in drag, according to cops. Ronaldo then offered them $600 each to close the affair, but one of them demanded $30,000 to keep the story from the media. More »
- Whales Return to Moby Dick's Old Haunts
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Apr 28, 08 3:20 PM CDT
  
  Hosts of whale sightings are being reported off southern Chile, raising conservationists' hopes for a resurgence of the populations—including the real-life inspiration for Moby Dick —that flourished in the area before they were hunted nearly to extinction. Experts warn the apparent boom could be the result of more pairs of eyes looking for the animals, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »
- All Safe in 5.8 Mexico Quake
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 28, 08 4:21 AM CDT
  
  A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico yesterday, but no major damage or injuries were reported, AP reports. The rumble, centered 96 miles north of Acapulco, rattled buildings in Mexico City and sent many scurrying into the streets. "It scared us. It was strong," remarked one resident who recalled the 1985 quake that killed thousands. “We’re just waiting for an earthquake that strong to hit again.” More »
- 15 Dead in Tijuana Shootout
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 26, 08 7:20 PM CDT
  
  A gunfight between Tijuana drug cartel rivals left 15 dead and eight wounded near the US border today, Reuters reports. The worst violence in Mexico's 3-year drug war, it filled a city road with bodies and took the lives of two top hit men from the Arellano Felix cartel. "Today shows we are facing a terrible war never seen before on the (U.S.-Mexico) border," said Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno. More »
- Bush Derides Pelosi's 'False Populism' in Trade Impasse
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 22, 08 7:11 PM CDT
  
  Saying the House's top Democrat has been swayed by "voices of false populism," President Bush today ripped Nancy Pelosi for blocking a trade accord with Colombia, the New York Times reports. "it’s bad for our hemisphere to have the United States of America turn its back on a mutual friend like Colombia," Bush said in an appearance with the leaders of Canada and Mexico. More »
- Party-Balloon Aeronaut Priest Missing in Brazil
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 22, 08 3:55 AM CDT
  
  Rescuers in boats and helicopters are searching off the coast of Brazil for a priest who vanished while trying to set a world record for the longest flight with helium-filled party balloons, AP reports. The priest took off from the northeastern city of Paranagua in a chair with hundreds of balloons attached. He was last heard from 30 miles offshore. More »
- Ex-Bishop Wins Paraguay's Presidency in Historic Vote
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 21, 08 6:00 AM CDT
  
  Opposition leader Fernando Lugo won Paraguay’s presidential election yesterday, ending 61 years of one-party rule, Reuters reports. With nearly all votes counted, the former bishop beat Paraguay’s first female presidential contender by 41% of the vote to 10%. “We've made history,” the center-leftist Lugo told a packed square as he hailed a newly “free and independent” country. More »
- US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 18, 08 10:30 AM CDT
  
  The downturn in the US economy is also hitting Mexico hard, the Washington Post reports. Money sent home from the US, known as remittances, dropped nearly 7% in January compared with the year before, the biggest plunge in 13 years, says the Mexican government. Without that money, the country's No. 2 source of foreign currency, many Mexicans can’t pay for basic needs. More »
- Now 'The Simpsons' Have Ticked Off Argentina
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 17, 08 8:34 PM CDT
  
  "The Simpsons" may be a pop culture staple in South America, but they sure have a knack for stirring up trouble there. A week after Venezuela objected to its content, Argentines are in a huff over anti-Perón comments in a new episode, the Washington Post reports. Says Homer's pal Carl: "When he disappeared you, you stayed disappeared." But what really got them riled was an aside from Lenny: "Plus, he was married to Madonna." More »
- Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town
  
  newser | New York Times | Apr 16, 08 4:25 PM CDT
  
  Bloody drug wars are ravaging the Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez—across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas—despite desperate attempts at control by the government. After 210 lives were claimed by the battles between cartels in the first three months of 2008, President Felipe Calderon sent over 2,000 soldiers to the area in late March, the New York Times reports. More »
- Haitian Senate Sacks Prime Minister
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 13, 08 7:00 AM CDT
  
  Amid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently announced 16% drop in the price of rice, BBC reports. More »
- Cuba Loosens Limits on Home Ownership, Salaries
  
  newser | Associated Press | Apr 12, 08 7:59 AM CDT
  
  Raul Castro continues to lighten up on some of Cuba's least popular restrictions, ending salary caps and allowing retiring state workers to take title to the homes they live in. Government employees, including members of the military, sugar and construction workers, doctors, and teachers, will now be able keep their places after retirement, and legally pass them on to their children, the AP reports. More »
- Haitians Protest as Food Prices Soar
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 9, 08 12:46 PM CDT
  
  Hungry Haitians attacked the presidential palace yesterday, demanding the resignation of President Rene Preval over soaring food prices, Reuters reports. UN peacekeepers fired rubber bullets and tear gas to control the angry mob; a week of protests has killed five people and paralyzed the impoverished capital. “If we are not killed by bullets we'll die of hunger," said one protester. More »
- Chavez Bans Simpsons, Brings in Baywatch Babes
  
  newser | Times (UK) | Apr 9, 08 11:41 AM CDT
  
  Hugo Chavez has bumped pudgy Homer Simpson from Venezuela's airwaves, reports the Times of London, opting instead for the decidedly more fit and furry David Hasselhoff. The dysfunctional Simpsons were deemed "inappropriate" for kiddies watching the morning TV lineup, but were replaced with the entirely, er, wholesome "Baywatch Hawaii." More »
- Brazil's Condoms Go Tropical
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 8, 08 6:55 PM CDT
  
  Brazil buys more condoms and boasts more rainforest than any other country; now officials hope to connect the dots, the BBC reports. The government will use rubber from Amazon trees to make 100 million condoms a year, given out freely as part of the country's anti-AIDS program. Rubber can be obtained without destroying trees and is widely available. More »
- Bush to Give Congress Colombia Bill
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 7, 08 7:51 PM CDT
  
  President Bush said today he is handing Congress a much-disputed Colombia free trade pact, the Washington Post reports. But with both Democratic presidential candidates and many lawmakers opposing it, the bill has little chance of passing. Democrats have long blasted Colombia for failing to protect labor advocates and curb violence. "Workers are routinely murdered for seeking to exercise their most basic economic rights," Sen. Harry Reid said. More »
- Sarko: Betancourt Near Death
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 1, 08 3:20 PM CDT
  
  Nicolas Sarkozy today reiterated his call for FARC to free hostage Ingrid Betancourt, saying the Colombian-French politician is "in danger of imminent death," Reuters reports. After 6 years in the rebel guerrillas' custody, Betancourt reportedly began a hunger strike Feb. 23. "Free Ingrid Betancourt and the weakest hostages," the French president said in an appearance televised with Spanish subtitles. More »

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From right to left, Cuba's acting President Raul Castro and military commanders Juan Almeida, Ramiro Valdes, Guillermo Garcia attend a ceremony to mark the 54th anniversary of the Revolution in Camaguey,... (Associated Press)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, second from left, poses with indigenous women during a welcome ceremony in Tarija, Bolivia, Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Chavez is in Bolivia to sign energy related agreements.... (Associated Press)

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez salutes prior to deliver a speech at the National Assembly in Caracas, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. Chavez presented his blueprint for sweeping constitutional changes... (Associated Press)

A young girl takes a break next to a mural depicting Cuba's leader Fidel Castro and Revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara during the celebrations of Castro's 81th birthday at the Ernesto "Che" Guevara... (Associated Press)

People wave Cuban flags during a ceremony to mark the 54th anniversary of the Revolution in Camaguey, Cuba, Thursday, July 26, 2007. Acting President Raul Castro told tens of thousands of loyalists that... (Associated Press)

Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, right, Argentine senator and presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, center, and her running mate for Vice President Julio Cobos, wave to supporters... (Associated Press)

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez talk after signing energy related agreements in Tarija, Bolivia, Friday, Aug.... (Associated Press)

Panama's President Martin Torrijos, right, decorates Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Panama City, Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Lula is on a two-day... (Associated Press)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves to visitors at Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal in Panama City, Friday, Aug. 10, 2007. Lula is for two-day state visit in Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo... (Associated Press)

Peru's President Alan Garcia speaks at a press conference at the presidential palace in Lima in this Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006 file photo. President Alan Garcia, one of Washington's closest allies in Latin... (Associated Press)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, talks with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon during a ceremony at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, Aug. 6, 2007. Lula is on a two-day official... (Associated Press)

Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner,second left, prepares to shake hands with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, right, during a welcoming ceremony at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, July... (Associated Press)

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, holds up the hand of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez as they ride in an open top vehicle at the inauguration of the construction of a thermoelectric power plant,... (Associated Press)

A woman holds a skeletal figure representing the folk saint known in Mexico as "Santa Muerte" or " Death Saint" after a procession in Mexico City, late Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. Santa Muerte, which some... (Associated Press)

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Background

Hugo Chavez
Wikipedia

Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias (born July 28, 1954) is the current President of Venezuela. As the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Chavez promotes his vision of democratic socialism,[1] Latin American integration, and anti-imperialism. He is also an ardent critic of neoliberal globalization and United...

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Castro (Ruz), Fidel
World Encyclopedia

Castro (Ruz), Fidel (1926– ) Cuban revolutionary leader and politician, premier (1959– ). In 1953, he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment after an unsuccessful coup against the Batista regime. Two years later, he was granted an amnesty and exiled to Mexico. ...

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Argentina
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Argentina , officially Argentine Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 39,538,000), 1,072,157 sq mi (2,776,889 sq km), S South America. Argentina is bordered by Chile on the west, Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, Brazil and Uruguay on the northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Buenos Aires ...

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Chile
World Encyclopedia

Chile area: 756,950sq km (292,258sq mi) population: 15,598,500 capital (population): Santiago (5,034,500) government: Multiparty republic ethnic groups: Mestizo 92%, Native American 7% languages: Spanish (official) religions: Christianity (Roman Catholic 81%, Protestant 6%) currency: Peso = 100 ...

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Cuba
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Cuba , officially Republic of Cuba, republic (2005 est. pop. 11,347,000), 42,804 sq mi (110,860 sq km), consisting of the island of Cuba and numerous adjacent islands, in the Caribbean Sea. Havana is the capital and largest city. Land and People Cuba is the largest and westernmost of the ...

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Venezuela
World Encyclopedia

Venezuela area: 912,050sq km (352,143sq mi) population: 23,611,400 capital (population): Caracas (1,763,100) government: Federal republic ethnic groups: Mestizo 67%, White 21%, Black 10%, Native American 2% languages: Spanish (official) religions: Christianity (Roman Catholic 94%) currency: Bolívar = ...

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Brazil
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Brazil , Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. By far the largest of the Latin American countries, Brazil occupies nearly half the continent of South America, stretching from the Guiana ...

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Mexico
World Encyclopedia

Mexico Country statistics area: 1,958,200sq km (756,061sq mi) 97,361,711 capital (population): Mexico City (8,591,309) government: Federal multi-party republic ethnic groups: Mestizo 60%, Native American 30%, European 9% languages: Spanish (official) religions: Roman Catholic 90%, Protestant 5% ...

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Latin America
World Encyclopedia

Latin America Parts of the Western Hemisphere (excluding French-speaking Canada) where the official or chief language is a Romance language. Commonly it refers to the ...

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