Monday, December 07, 2009

Latin America news roundup - December 7, 2009

A man carries a gas canister by a sign reading 'Evo' referring to Bolivia's President Evo Morales, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. Morales was reelected president on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

TOP STORY - The Speed of Change: Bolivian President Morales Empowered by Re-Election (Upside Down World)

Honduras - Honduras' Zelaya to stay in Brazil embassy (Reuters)

Latin America - Development First: Rural Development and Illicit Crop Cultivation in Afghanistan and the Andes (WOLA)

Mexico - On the mayor's agenda: 'Civilize' Mexico City (USA Today)

United States - A new report questions "suicides" at Guantanamo (Salon)

Venezuela - Tyler Bridges has left the building (Inca Kola News)

Venezuela - Venezuela Bolivar, Bonds Rebound as Chavez Scales Back Threats (Bloomberg)

World - The Battle in Seattle: 10 Years Later (GRITtv)

World - Back to Bush? World Media and Obama (GRITtv)

World - Rep. Kucinich on Afghanistan War: “We’re Acting Like a Latter Day Version of the Roman Empire” (Democracy Now!)

2 comments:

sarah@grittv.org said...

Thanks for the linkage!

Justin Delacour said...

No problem. GRITtv is awesome.