Sunday, January 31, 2010

Latin America news roundup - January 31, 2010

A US Blackhawak helicopter hovers over a landing zone at the airport in Port-au-Prince as US military personnel looks on on January, 19. The US military defended its management of the flow of aid flights into Port-au-Prince airport Wednesday, saying it was working hard to free up bottlenecks but space was limited. (AFP/File/Joseph Eid)

TOP STORY - Will History Recall the Haiti Airlift? (Huffington Post)

Brazil - Lula da Silva calls for unity and warns followers about the “Piñera factor” (MercoPress)

Chile - Chilean fascist youth--what charm, what class... (News of the Restless)

Haiti - US military 'halts medical flights for Haiti victims' (The Raw Story)

Honduras - A conversation with Hugo Llorens (Quotha)

Latin America - Fast food making Latin American teens fat (Times of India)

United States - Data Visualization on US Health Care Expenses and The People's Health Reform (Alterdestiny)

United States - US Does Not Have Capitalism Now: Stiglitz (CNBC)

United States - Presidential assassinations of U.S. citizens (Salon)

World - Remember the illegal destruction of Iraq? (Salon)

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