Latin America news roundup - June 20, 2009

FILE - In this Thursday, June 26, 2003 file photo Hortensia Bussi de Allende, widow of late Chilean President Salvador Allende, walks with her grandson Gonzalo Meza, right, during a ceremony marking Salvador Allende's 95th birthday in Santiago. Hortensia Bussi has died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at age 94, Dr. Paz Rojas said. Salvador Allende, an avowed Marxist, was elected president in 1970 and toppled three years later in a bloody coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin)

TOP STORY - Widow of late Chilean president Allende dead at 94 (Associated Press)

Brazil - Brazil, Russia, India and China form bloc to challenge US dominance (London Times)

Brazil - Brazil drafting legislation to create new state-owned oil company (MercoPress)

Cuba - U.S. Cuba policy (CounterPunch)

El Salvador - El Salvador's president vows to end poverty (Inter Press Service)

Latin America - The Open Veins of Latin America (peep.org)

Mexico - Mexican cartels armed by U.S. (Inter Press Service)

Peru - Peru congress overturns Amazon laws after protests (Bloomberg)

World - The New York Times and Iran: Journalism as state provocation (World Socialism Web Site)

World - Workers creating hope: Factory occupations and self-management (Creative-i)