Today in LA...

• The election in Ecuador is too close to call. Lefty Rafael Correa is closing in on Alvaro Noboa. Unfortunately according to the latest poll the election is Venezuela is not close at all - Chavez is at 59%.
• Evo is having his issues. Evo called on the mountain people to come on down and surround the Congress - he hopes to punch through land redistribution. Evo is so frustrated that he has proposed disbanding the Senate. Once again land redistribution is the issue. Demonstrators in Santa Cruz successfully interrupted Evo's speech. They are demanding autonomy.
• Calderon named his cabinet and much to no one's surprise they are all PAN people. Along with the nominations was the call for social justice and universal healthcare. AMLO's minions were not impressed and protested anyways.
• Is it news that police and protestors clashed (again) in Oaxaca.
• I'm married to a Mexican and trust me they all think this way about gringos.
• Another Mexican journalist was killed, the third in a month. This time in Veracruz.
  
• Open borders down south: Nationals in all 12 South American countries will no longer need visas to cross the border.
• Students in Chile reflect on the "Penguin Revolution" that gripped the country when they decided to take the streets with their demands.