The First Monday in April Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean.If you would like your posts to be included in the Carnivals, please email me faustaw2 "at" gmail "dot" com.
This week's big story:
Last Saturday Colombia fired top Clinton aide Mark Penn's firm over apology (emphasis added):
The Colombian government said Saturday it has fired Mark Penn's public relations firm after the chief campaign strategist for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for meeting with Colombian officials pushing a trade deal with the U.S.
Then Penn resigned/ was pushed out of the Clinton campaign:"Sources said that the Clintons were angry to learn about Penn's work, especially because they had been told that Penn had recused himself from controversial clients and would restrict his private work."Ironically, "Penn also was regarded by many in the campaign as too self-serving."
Spanish-language blog of the week:
El opinador compulsivo, via Judith
CULTURE
Julio Cortázar: the Poetics of Exile
ARGENTINA
Via Gates of Vienna, Iran: Ahmadinejad thanks football legend for his support
La Evita Segunda
How Argentina screws the farmers
The Kirchners self-induced farm crisis
Argentina: Create a distraction and claim the Falklands… again
BOLIVIA
Evo Morales no descarta aplicar el Estado de Sitio contra las autonomías departamentales (bilingual post)
BRAZIL
Colombian drug lord sentenced in Brazil
In Portuguese, Chegam ao Rio mais médicos para ajudar no atendimento a doentes com dengue
Rice's relocation of envoys praised, panned
COLOMBIA
Colombian President Uribe Blasts Barack Obama
Obama Vows Opposition to Colombia Trade Deal
Colombia to Penn: You're Fired Colombia Terminates PR Contract
Colombia's Budget Gap Ended 2007 Close to Target, Zuluaga Says
FARC gets FARCed
COSTA RICA
Los nexos entre políticos de Costa Rica y las FARC complican al gobierno de Oscar Arias
CUBA
Cuba takes a step from the shadows
Cuba tries micro-capitalism
Prisoner of Conscience vs. Political Prisoner
ECUADOR
Ecuador's Bond Yields Fall Below Venezuelan Yields
MEXICO
An Absolut-ly Outrageous Ad in Mexico City
PUERTO RICO
PR Politico's webpage on Gov. Acevedo's indictment
VENEZUELA
Beti's Baby
Hugo Chavez Nationalizes Cement Industry, Eats Sandwich Bigger Than His Own Head
Venezuela 'to tax oil windfall' Hugo taxes his own oil profits
I'm sure there is nothing to it...
Venezuela cements its economic doom
Portrait of Hugo while visiting Brazil.
Milking Venezuela, literally! Chavez buys Los Andes
Chavez's new decision making tool: Managemeny by hearsay
Special thanks to Maria, Larwyn, Maggie, and Siggy for their support.
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Labels: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Carnival of Latin America, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democrats, Ecuador, Election2008, Hillary Clinton, Latin America, Mexico, politics, Puerto Rico, Venezuela
posted by Fausta @ 7:29 AM
6 Comments:
Regarding "Evita Segunda",would it not be better to call her "Evita Tercera" since Isabel Peron was also VP and became President after hubbie Juan Domingo died?
IOW, La Presidenta Kirchner is the third wife of a Peronista President who has wielded much power.
Or, as she is the second Peronista spouse to become President, "Isabel Segunda."
Good question, Gringo. So many "Evitas", so little time!
Fausta, since the article you linked to said Evita SEGUNDA, it can simply be said that you were naming the article as it named itself, which is standard library/information science protocol.
Yes - 99% of the time I use the title from the original post/article.
Thanks for linking to my Bolivia's post.
I read yesterday that Evo has threatened to take charges against the opposition leaders who are supporting the Autonomy of their regions. Things are getting worse everyday in the country with nearly no attention by international press... something which is not very surprising for me...
Thanks for the links!
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