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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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March 2008
- Peru Dig Yields 4000-Year Old Gold Necklace
  
  newser | LiveScience | Mar 31, 08 8:06 PM CDT
  
  Researchers have dug up the oldest piece of crafted gold in the Americas, a 4,000-year old gold necklace, LiveScience reports. Found at a pre-Inca burial site in Peru, the bling proves that primitive societies sought displays of wealth. It signals "the social process towards some kind of inequality," said Mark Aldenderfer, a University of Arizona anthropologist. More »
- Castro Lifts Hotel Ban for Cubans
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 31, 08 3:03 PM CDT
  
  Raul Castro has lifted a ban on Cubans staying at hotels designated for foreign tourists, Reuters reports. The prohibition, which had been criticized as "economic apartheid," had frustrated many Cubans since the country was opened up to tourism in 1990. "Cubans can now stay at our hotels," one hotel manager said. "Our doors are open to local tourism." More »
- Venezuela Tried to Arm FARC, Colombia Says
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 30, 08 3:07 PM CDT
  
  Colombian officials claim to have computer files captured from its FARC rebels that indicate Venezuela sold arms to the terrorist group, the New York Times reports. If Interpol verifies the files, they would also suggest links between FARC and Ecuador’s government and provide insight into the rebel organization. Colombia nabbed the computers in a raid in Ecuador earlier this month. More »
- Cuba Ends Cell Phone Ban
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 28, 08 12:50 PM CDT
  
  The Cuban government said today it will lift restrictions on mobile phones for the first time, the BBC reports—a sign new leader Raul Castro is following through on reform pledges. Cell phone service will be made generally available next week; service fees will have to be paid in foreign currency, however, effectively narrowing access to richer Cubans. More »
- Mexico May Overtake US as Fattest Country
  
  newser | McClatchy Newspapers | Mar 24, 08 11:23 AM CDT
  
  Mexico is the second-fattest nation after the US, and it could top the list within 10 years if waistlines continue to expand at the current rate. Nearly three-quarters of Mexican women and two-thirds of men are overweight, and diabetes is now the main cause of death. Health officials are launching anti-junk-food campaigns, but industry lobbyists aren't about to throw in the towel. More »
- Cocaine on the Upswing in Peru
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | Mar 23, 08 3:48 PM CDT
  
  Peru's cocaine business is growing again, sparking a spate of killings, threats, and US-funded attempts to stop it, the Los Angeles Times reports. Coca bush plots have increased by a third since 1999 to feed markets in Europe, East Asia, and Brazil—but growers are hard to collar because they work piecemeal, without the flashy kingpins of old. "We're up against an army of ants," said Peru's top anti-drug cop. More »
- Brazil Targets Amazon Loggers
  
  newser | Washington Post | Mar 21, 08 9:33 AM CDT
  
  Brazil is launching a new crackdown against the loggers who are destroying the Amazon rainforest at alarming rates, the Washington Post reports. After several years of decline, deforestation is surging as cattle ranchers clear land and loggers cut down trees for charcoal to fuel steel mills abroad. But Brazil will have to find another way for the region's people to make a living; in some towns, 70% of citizens work in the logging industry. More »
- Teens' Public Orgies Rattle Chilean Mores
  
  newser | Newsweek | Mar 20, 08 3:30 PM CDT
  
  Can 100 teenagers performing oral sex on one another in a public park not be a political statement? That's one of the questions the sight of horny, apolitical, bisexual Chilean teenagers are prompting among their appalled, mostly Catholic compatriots, Newsweek reports from a country still haunted by General Pinochet's repressive ghost, yet taking full advantage of his free-market legacy. More »
- Colombia to Pay Ex-Rebel $2.5M for Slaying
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 15, 08 11:51 AM CDT
  
  Colombia will pay the former FARC rebel who killed his commander last week part of a $2.5 million reward—a move critics say amounts to payment for murder, the BBC reports. Guerrilla Pedro Pablo Montoya shot his boss, then cut off his hand as proof. He will share the money with three others who provided intelligence information. More »
- Rice Snubs Argentina in Trip South
  
  newser | New York Times | Mar 13, 08 2:19 PM CDT
  
  Condoleezza Rice has embarked on a visit to Brazil and Chile, but the secretary of State won’t be stopping in neighboring Argentina, a sign of ever-frostier relations. “The United States is clearly snubbing Argentina,” one expert tells the New York Times . New Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has worsened already-sour relations by strengthening ties with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. More »
- Recovered Data Links Venezuela to FARC Rebels
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 12, 08 8:50 PM CDT
  
  Possible links between Hugo Chavez’ Venezuelan government and the Colombian FARC guerrilla group concern Washington, but US officials aren't yet saying the nation will be declared a state sponsor of terrorism, Reuters reports. Colombia said computers seized in a March 1 raid on a FARC base in Ecuador contain evidence that proves Venezuela is aiding the leftist group. More »
- US Families Sue Chiquita Over FARC Murders
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Mar 12, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  Fruit giant Chiquita stands accused in a federal lawsuit of contributing to the deaths of five US missionaries at the hands of Colombian rebel group FARC during the 1990s, the Wall Street Journa l reports today. Families of the missionaries say protection money the Cincinnati-based company admitted to secretly paying the guerrillas helped finance the group’s activities. More »
- Spring Breakers Party Stateside
  
  newser | Associated Press | Mar 10, 08 12:50 PM CDT
  
  More spring breakers are sipping their Coronas domestically this year, the AP reports. Mexico is a staple hotspot, but widespread reports of drug wars in border towns and tightened security at US entry points have convinced many college vacationers to remain stateside. In places like Texas's South Padre Island, students are skipping the usual excursions to nearby Matamoros. More »
- Venezuelan Diplomats to Return to Colombia
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 10, 08 5:35 AM CDT
  
  Venezuela will return its diplomats to Colombia after last week’s border crisis was largely resolved at a regional summit. Ecuadorean diplomats say it will take longer for them to return, reports the BBC. Colombian forces killed an important rebel leader inside Ecuador last week, provoking a bristling regional standoff. More »
- 'Merchant of Death' Denies Arms Charges
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 9, 08 8:41 AM CDT
  
  Viktor Bout, the international arms dealer caught last week in a US sting operation in Thailand, told police he was vacationing when authorities nabbed him for trying to sell weapons to Colombian rebels, Reuters reports. Bout, nicknamed the "Merchant of Death" for business dealings with groups like the Taliban, denied the Thai charge of "seeking or gathering assets for terrorism." More »
- South American Crisis Ends With Handshakes
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 7, 08 6:55 PM CST
  
  The threat of war involving Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela was diffused today with a bevy of handshakes televised all over Latin America, Reuters reports. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and his opposite number, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, reached an agreement on combating insurgents in the future; the Colombian military's killing of FARC rebels in Ecuador last weekend sparked the crisis. More »
- Nicaragua Latest to Sever Ties Over Colombia Raid
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 6, 08 7:05 PM CST
  
  Nicaragua cut diplomatic ties with Bogota today, ratcheting up the political tension in the wake of Colombia's raid into Ecuador to kill rebels, the BBC reports. Calling Sunday's incursion an act of "political terrorism," President Daniel Ortega followed the lead of Ecuador and Venezuela, which have already severed relations and moved troops along the Colombian border. More »
- Venezuela Adds Firepower on Colombian Border
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 5, 08 2:28 PM CST
  
  Venezuela deployed tanks to the Colombian border, Reuters reports, as Latin American tensions remained high enough that Hugo Chavez warned of an Andean war. Though Colombia refused to send reinforcements to its border, the mobilization of heavy artillery, including support from air and sea forces, is the first in the standoff following Colombia's weekend incursion into Ecuador to killFARC rebels. More »
- Ecuador Wants Apology on FARC; US Backs Bogota
  
  newser | Reuters | Mar 5, 08 7:07 AM CST
  
  Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, is in Brazil today, pushing for an apology from Colombia for its incursion into Ecuador to attack FARC guerrillas Saturday. While most Latin American nations, including Brazil, have condemned the cross-border attack, the White House yesterday unequivocally backed Colombia in the rapidly escalating crisis. Correa heads later today to Caracas to meet with Hugo Chavez who, like Correa, has massed troops on the border with Colombia. More »
- Colombia: FARC Was After Uranium
  
  newser | BBC | Mar 4, 08 11:35 AM CST
  
  Colombia has accused Ecuador and Venezuela of cooperating with FARC guerrillas who were trying to buy uranium, the BBC reports, even as Ecuador cut ties with Colombia and Venezuela expelled its diplomats. “FARC is taking big steps in the world of terrorism to become a global aggressor,” said Colombia’s top cop, citing documents found during Saturday’s raid that detailed negotiations for 110 pounds of uranium. 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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Hugo Chavez
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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
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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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