Saturday, February 13, 2010

Latin America news roundup - February 13, 2010

Taking it slow: Members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) rest upon arrival at Oventic, in southern Mexico, in August 2003. (Photo by JORGE UZON/AFP/Getty Images)

TOP STORY - Escape From the Dismal Life: Raj Patel’s new book explains the value of nothing, and everything (In These Times)

Brazil - Lula Sets Law for Brazil to Retaliate on U.S. Patents (Bloomberg)

Brazil - Brazil’s Rousseff to Keep Lula’s Economic Program, Valor Says (Bloomberg)

Brazil - Empire of Savagery in the Amazon (New York Times)

Brazil - When Ford got stuck in first gear (Irish Times)

Cuba - What Was Alan Gross Doing in Havana? (Politics Daily)

Haiti - A Creditor, Not a Debtor (The Nation)

Latin America - Washington Post Calls For Ousting Chile’s Insulza From OAS (The Santiago Times)

United States - Andrew Sullivan is Not an Anti-Semite (Huffington Post)

United States - U.S. Poised to Commit War Crimes in Marjah (Common Dreams)