Second Latin America news roundup - February 27, 2010

TOP STORY - Peter Hallward on "Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment" (Democracy Now!)

Brazil - Brazil's Lula makes final official visit to Cuba (Washington Post)

Central America - The church and Central America (Guardian)

Cuba - Brazilian president says Castro seems recovered (Associated Press)

Cuba - Cuba struggles to preserve past in hard times (Reuters)

Haiti - Private Contractors 'Like Vultures Coming to Grab the Loot' (IPS)

Latin America - Independent Latin America Forms Its Own Organization (Huffington Post)

United States - The Pentagon and the Suckers: Gargantua's Mouth (Counterpunch)

Venezuela - Exploring the Dialectic of the Bolivarian Revolution (Monthly Review)

World - Behind Clinton's tough talk on Iran (Guardian)