- Who is going to come out on top in Venezuela? It depends on which poll you consult and who performed it.
- Castro is too poopped to party - he will be skipping his delayed b-day festivities.
- Evo is all for instituting Inca justice - including whippings. Speaking before his people who have once again descended from the mountains to come to La Paz Evo promised to push through his land reform.
- Correa says he'll work with his Congress (en esp.)...if they do what he says. If not he is going the Hugo route and draw up a new constitution. This is nothing new he had already promised this before.
- Correa gets love from Peru. Alan Garcia and loser Ollanta Humala congratulate Correa.
- HoustonChron notes that Patricia Espinosa is the second female Foreign Minister and LAT notes that Calderon's picks are friends.
- 5 hunters, 3 of which are Americans, were kidnapped in northern Mexico. Apparently they were ambushed by over 30 armed men.
- A Cuban-American PAC is in trouble with the FEC. They blame the Castro loving ARCA group for snitching. It's true that ARCA loves Fidel but that doesn't excuse anyone from doing anything illegal.