Saturday, February 13, 2010

Latin America news roundup - February 14, 2010

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff attends a Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) ceremony at Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia February 4, 2010. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

TOP STORY - Lula’s Favoured Candidate Gains in Brazil (Angus Reid Global Monitor)

Bolivia - Empowering indigenous women leaders in Bolivia and across Latin America and the Caribbean (ENEWSPF)

Brazil - The race to replace Lula (Aljazeera)

Brazil - Brazil and Chile’s president-elect support Insulza as OAS chief (MercoPress)

Chile - Voters disillusioned as right takes power (Green Left Weekly)

Colombia - 'Colombian cities should stop taking care of the displaced' (Colombia Reports)

Colombia - FARC: No Military Flyovers a Condition for Colombia Hostage Releases (Latin American Herald Tribune)

Cuba - How credible is Human Rights Watch on Cuba? (Links)

Haiti - Christian Imperialism in Haiti? Missionaries, Theo-tourism, and the Invasion of the Global South (Religion Dispatches)

United States - Obama’s muddled solutions (NBN)