Thursday, February 11, 2010

Third Latin America news roundup - February 11, 2010

Supporters of Chile's new president-elect Sebastian Pinera celebrate, one holding a bust of former Gen. Augusto Pinochet, after the runoff presidential election in Santiago, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Billionaire Sebastian Pinera won the election, ending two decades of center-left rule. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

TOP STORY - Chilean Activists Fear Setbacks Under Rightwing Government (IPS)

Colombia - Magazine Closure Deals Major Blow to Investigative Reporting (IPS)

Colombia - Love in the Time of Hegemony: A Primer on U.S.-Colombia Relations (As it Ought to Be)

Honduras - History Repeats: Committee of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared of Honduras (MiMundo.org)

United States - Davos: Stiglitz and Rogoff, Part 2 (Reuters)

United States - Papantonio and Joseph Stiglitz on the Economic Freefall (One Penny Sheet)

United States - Stiglitz: It's Wall Street Bonuses, Stupid (BNET)

United States - You’re an Anti-Semite If You’re Against War (Veterans Today)

Venezuela - Sealing Shift, Chávez Gives Contracts to Western Oil Companies (New York Times)

World - Latvia's Recession: The Cost of Adjustment with an "Internal Devaluation" (Monthly Review)