The third Monday in August Carnival of Latin America & the Caribbean

Crossposted at http://faustasblog.com

Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. If you would like your posts included in the carnival, please email me: faustaw2 "at" gmail "dot" com.

Today's big story: Chavez announced that the Russian fleet will be visiting Venezuela, that China and Venezuela are launching a satellite on November 1 and opening a Venezuelan space program, and that the private cement manufacturers have run out of time and are now being nationalized. All that, after he got back from crusing Paraguay with Lugo.

Busy guy.

I'll be talking about this in today's podcast at 11AM Eastern.

LATIN AMERICA
Latin America's populist decade may soon end

GAO Drug Control report (PDF file) U.S. outlines frustrations with anti-drug efforts in Latin America
A U.S. report showed improvements in coordinating antidrug efforts in Latin America, but cited corruption and lack of funding as top reasons the effort has not been more effective.

ANTIGUA
Georgia, The Olympics And A Tragedy Goes Unnoticed

ARGENTINA
Mopping up the bonds

Argentina May Raise Taxes on Higher Salaries, Cronista Reports. Meanwhile, La fortuna del matrimonio Kirchner sigue en constante aumento

Campaña por Santa Cruz

BOLIVIA
Bolivia Monstruoso y vergonzoso fraude

Bolivia - Minusválidos – engañados – ultrajados - robados

Evo’s big win
A recall referendum strengthens the socialist president, but fails to knock out his opponents in a still-divided country

BRAZIL
Brazil Passes Maternity Benefit Richer Than Europe's

Drunk Drivers Protest Brazil Crackdown as Traffic Deaths Plunge

Slide show: A selection of stunning views of Brazil, in photographs submitted by the readers of O Globo OnLine

Las andanzas de Lula

CARIBBEAN
BBS Caribbean report (audio), mostly on Olympic sports.

COLOMBIA
Uribe to the Rescue

CUBA
Mary Anastasia O’Grady;s interview of Armado Valladares: Twenty-two years in Castro’s Gulag

Leodan Mangana López and José Luis Rodríguez Chávez, Cuban Political Prisoners of the Week, Aug. 17, 2008

Book Review: Exposing the Real Che Guevara

Castro Blames Bush For War in Georgia-- Pravda Gives Bush the Finger

Le Monde: Cuban Government Scales Repression Against Political Dissidents - Pablo A. Paranagua (French)

Petición y comunicado de intención a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular

Obama family values, abortion, and Dr Oscar Elias Biscet

Cuba redux

Cuba trades giraffes for medical equipment

ECUADOR
Ecuador seeks new deal with foreign drillers

Ecuador is at the mercy of international criminal cartels

GUATEMALA
Guatemala: ¿Sociademocracia, o socialdesgracia?

NICARAGUA
Tidbits out of Nicaragua

Tearing up the rules: Daniel Ortega bans his foes

Fallen leader's aim: Topple Ortega
Unfazed by scandals -- and house arrest -- former President Alemán prepares for a political comeback in Nicaragua amid what he calls a multifaceted crisis

PARAGUAY
Jungle Mom and Hugo Chavez ...Together again!

Paraguay leader embraces failed policies of socialism

Paraguay's president faces huge task

Paraguay's new president pledges to end misery, corruption

Via Lucianne, Hugo Chavez basks in Paraguay President Fernando Lugo's glory
The Venezuelan travels with the new president to spread their leftist message in the countryside

PERU
Lessons from an earthquake: A town rebuilds, slowly

PUERTO RICO
Tropical storm Fay brought drought relief. Details (in Spanish) Alivio para los embalses

URUGUAY
Argentina and Uruguay's tango row

VENEZUELA
Venezuelan Pres. Chavez Reassures Jewish Leaders. My post here

AOTW 8-15-2008 Hugo goes full multi-culti, changes Latin America to Indian America

The Venezuelan 2008 election: update 5 -second predictions-

Update on Maletagate: Venezuelan Government offered to pay US$ 2 million for Antonini's silence

the facts of the case could not be denied, a suitcase full of US$ 800,000 in cash, caught in a country friendly to Chavez, arriving in an airplane chartered by PDVSA and filled with PDVSA employees and Argentinean Government officials.

A 4 años del asesinato de Maritza Ron por pistoleros chavistas

The axis of oil

IMMIGRATION
Governators to protect the borders

ENTERTAINMENT
Bayly interviews his mom (in Spanish)


Special thanks to Eneas, Maggie and Siggy.

The week’s 15 Minutes on Latin America




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Today at 10AM Eastern: Second Draft's Dr Richard Landes and Yaacov Ben Moshe

UPDATE
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Today at 10AM Eastern (special time) we continue our series on Israel, the Middle East, and media propaganda with Dr Richard Landes and Yaacov Ben Moshe of Second Draft.

Chat's open at 9:45AM and the call-in number is 646 652-2539. Join us!

Upcoming: Dr Andrew Bostom on Book TV

Dr Andrew Bostom is going to appear on Book TV next Sunday July 13, at 7:00 AM and Monday, July 14, at 1:00 AM Eastern to talk about his new book, The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History.

Dr. Bostom was my podcast guest last May, when we also talked about his book.

The Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism: From Sacred Texts to Solemn History is an anthology of unaltered and complete historical accounts on the subject from primary sources, and a must-read.



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Happy Independence Day!

UPDATED
You can listen to the podcast here


Today at 11AM Eastern we celebrate the birth of our blessed nation with Shane Burgess of Political Vindication.

Chat's open by 10:45AM and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!



Cross-posted here



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Today at 11AM Eastern: Baldilocks!

Juliette Ochieng of Baldilocks makes a second podcast visit and talks about children who grow up away from their parents, Obama, Wes Clark, politics, and blogging and Acidman.

Chat opens at 10:45 and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

Today at 11AM Eastern: Kevin McCullough

Today at 11AM Eastern, Kevin McCullough joins us. We'll be talking about politics, and this week's Supreme Court decisions on the death penalty and guns.

Chat's open at 10:45AM and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

Today at 10AM Eastern: Monica Showalter of Investor's Business Daily

Monica Showalter of Investor's Business Daily joins us today at a special time, 10AM Eastern.

We'll talk about the US's dependence on foreign oil, Latin America and American politics, and how all these topics are related.

Chat's open by 9:45AM and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

Today at 11AM Eastern: Blog Talk Radio ALL-STARS panel!

Updated
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In today's podcast, an all-star lineup:
Elizabeth Blackney of Media Lizzy, Jazz Shaw of Midstream Radio, Shane Burgess of Political Vindication, and Siggy will be discussing sexual mores in the West and in Islamic countries.

We'll start by talking about Lisa Schiffren's post Sex and the Single Muslim Girl, with a panel discussion, followed by conversation.

Chat's open by 10:45AM, and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

In today's podcast: Class

Today at 11AM Eastern Siggy and I are talking about class and the Obama campaign.

Siggy has been posting about Obama and the middle class he pretends to care about, part 2, and part 3. We'll define class, how it's perceived in the USA, Latin America and the UK, and how it affects the presidential election.

Chat's open at 10:45AM, and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

Today at 11AM Eastern: Kevin McCullough

In today's podcast we'll talk with Kevin McCullough about the price of oil, politics, and we'll also ask the ever-important question, "whatever happened to music lyrics?"

Chat's open by 10:45AM Eastern, and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

Right now on Blog Talk Radio

I'm in Jazz Shaw's podcast r ight now.

At 11AM my podcast guest will be Juliette Ochieng of Baldilocks. Please join us!

Tomorrow at 11AM: Baldilocks

Tomorrow at 11AM Eastern Juliette Ochieng of Baldilocks talks about Obama.

Chat's open at 10:45 and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

Today at 11AM Eastern: Yemen

UPDATE
You can listen to the podcast here.
Jane Novak of Armies of Liberation and Gary Swenchonis of Terrorism: Politicians and Victims join us to talk about Yemen.

As you may recall, Jane was recently profiled in the New York Times. Gary is the father of one of the servicemen killed in the Cole bombing eight years ago.

Chat will be open by 10:45AM, and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

THANK YOU!

Thank you to all of you who voted for my podcast at the Best of Blogs Best Podcast/Video Blog category. We won!

Today at 11AM Eastern: Eneas Biglione of HACER

UPDATE
You can listen to the podcast here

In today's podcast, Eneas Biglione of the Hispanic American Center for Economic Research talks about Tirofijo's death, and other Latin American issues.

By the end of last week's podcast from Cannes Erik Svane was surrounded by girls in bikinis.


Today Eneas probably won't be surrounded by girls in bikinis, but it'll be a great podcast all the same.

Chat opens at 10:45AM and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!


And don't forget to vote for my podcast in the Best of Blogs Best podcast/Video blog category.



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Another day, another vote!

Yes, it's a new day and you can vote again for my podcast in the Best Podcast/Video Blog category of the Best of Blogs awards.

For your listening pleasure, here are the podcasts.

Thank you for your support.

Food

Today's podcast was great fun, and Siggy shared lots of food and cooking links:
Recipes using maple syrup. Siggy recommends this soup.
Brining meats.
Brining turkeys.
All about brining.
Hamburger recipes.
Big Texan Steak Ranch where you can order steaks.
The Cattle Exchange, for steaks.
Maggie Moo's ice cream.
Strudelland.
LMNo'Pies
An excellent recipe for lamb pot pie.
Recipe for grilled salmon with strawberry ginger salsa.
Recipe for Chipotle mashed sweet potatoes.
Recipes using pears.
My own apple pie recipe.
Apple, Roast Beef and Watercress Salad with Creamy Horseradish Dressing
Strawberry recipes
Apple recipes.
Chopped liver recipe.
Cheese recipes.

Special thanks to Siggy for generously sharing all these resources and recipes.



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Today at 11AM Eastern: Alfonzo and Hip Hop Republican

UPDATE
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Black & White On the Grey Matters


Richard of Hip Hop Republican, and Alfonzo, the guy in the Black and White on the Grey Matters join us at 11AM today.

Chat's open at 10:45AM and the call-in number is 646 652-2639. Join us!

Cross-posted at Heading Right.


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In tomorrow's podcast: Hip Hop Republican and Alfonzo

Tomorrow at 11AM we'll talk to Richard of Hip Hop Republican, and Alfonzo, the guy in the Black and White on the Grey Matters

Here's what Alfonzo thinks about Jeremiah Wright:
Black & White on the Grey Matters (Jermiah Wright)

Today at 11AM Eastern: Why will or why won't Hillary quit?

Today at 11AM Siggy and I will talk about why or why won't Hillary quit.

Chat's open by 10:45AM and the call in number is (646) 652-2639. Join us!


UPDATE
We also talked about Lebanon: here's Siggy's post.

More on Hillary,
Via Ed's podcast,