In honor of colonialism, genocide, and pure plundering, I bring you today's bullets in the name of Cristobal Colon...
- Interesting short clip showing how coca is turned into cocaine by small farmers in the Colombian jungle. I wonder if the blow is organic?
- More talk of “magnicide” : Chavez crying foul more than a month before the elections take place on November 23. It seems like Manuel Rosales can still get under Hugo's skin, even after he "lost" the last presidential election. Chavez paraphrased:
If the opposition wins the municipal and regional elections in Zulia, the region will become the epicenter of assassination and coup d'etat plans hatched in the United States.
Didn't I say he was a broken record?
- Meth producers look to Argentina to procure needed the much sought after ephedrine.
- Regional lending institutions IADB, FLAR (Fondo Latinoamerica de Reservas) and CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento ) put together their own $9.3 billion plan for Latin America. Brazil chips in even more to help its own domestic banks.
- Political upheaval in Peru, as Garcia accepts the resignation of his entire cabinet, then appoints a leftist as his Prime Minister.
- Obama slams Chavez. Doesn’t sound like he is ready to sit down and negotiate with everyone now, does it? Chavez has made it clear that whoever wins the U.S. election, it won’t change his anti-imperialist position one bit. Will a Democrat in office signal a return to civility of U.S.-Venezuelan relations? Don't count on it...
- The World Cup warm-up between the U.S. and Cuba in D.C. produced two expected results: the Americans won handily, 6-1, and two Cuban players defected. Gustavo Coronel gives us a healthy dose of sarcasm in welcoming them to America.
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