News Roundup - September 27, 2008

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, delivers a speech as Marta Suplicy, Sao Paulo mayoral candidate of the ruling Workers Party, waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008. Mayoral elections are scheduled for Oct. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

TOP STORY - Brazil’s Lula Riding New Popularity Wave (Angus Reid Global Monitor)

Argentina - Argentine President Calls for 'reformulation' of UN to Restore Multilateralism (News Blaze)

Bolivia - U.S. reaps what it sows in Bolivia (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Bolivia - U.S. Ties to Bolivian Opposition "Shrouded in Secrecy" (Inter Press Service)

Brazil - Brazil's Lula Mocks Wall Street's `Super Intelligent,' EFE Says (Bloomberg)

Brazil - Sambodian Elections: Iffy Cacife in Recife? (The New World Lusophone Sousaphone)

Chile - New documentary on Pinochet’s dictatorship: Some wounds should not heal (World Socialist Web Site)

Ecuador - Ecuador's voters expected to back new constitution (Associated Press)

El Salvador - Documentary shows harsh lives of Salvadoran street gangs (AFP)

Latin America - Latin American leaders criticise US bailout of financial institutions (McClatchy)

Mexico - Fraude Mexico 2006 Press Conference (USC Annenberg Events)

Paraguay - Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo on US Relations in Latin America, the Iraq War, Liberation Theology and Being the “Bishop of the Poor” (Democracy Now!)

Paraguay - Paraguay’s president says he turned down offer to meet Palin (Sarah Palin Blog)

Paraguay - Fernando Lugo meets with Bill Clinton, Joseph Stiglitz, George Soros (Defringing Latin America)

United States - Meltdown: It's Not Just a Matter of Greed (Dollars & Sense)

United States - Is This the Stake Through Neoliberalism's Heart? It Should Be, But ... (Counterpunch)

United States - McCain hasn't "had a chance" to read bailout (Dollars & Sense)

United States - Remembering Peter Camejo (Counterpunch)

Uruguay - Uruguay’s former guerrilla leader, definitively king maker (MercoPress)