LA Quick Hits: Colombian Testimony, The Stupidest Congressperson, More Marti and Coca and So Much More

• Salvatore Mancuso, a former AUC commander, had his first day of testimony. It appears to have been unspectacular. To follow the Center for International Policy's blog, Plan Colombia and Beyond. CIP is a lefty outfit that has Fidel's fellow traveling companero, Wayne Smith, heading it's Cuba program. So imagine my surprise in finding coherent and useful analysis on Plan Colombia and Beyond.
• I can't believe that people aren't making a bigger deal over Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the ranking Rep in the House International Relations Committee, waxing poetic over someone assassinating Fidel. First Ros-Lehtinen, easily the stupidest congress(wo)man this side of Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel, denied saying anything. She insisted that the video of with her commentary was doctored and babbled on about the '60's. Much to no one's surprise, except hers, the full video is available and surprise, surprise she was not telling the truth. Ros-Lehtinen is an ignoramous. She is a mental midget and an embarrassment to Cuban-Americans everywhere. Unfortunately I don't see her ever losing an election in her current district - people really are that stupid.
• The assault on TV/Radio Marti continues with news that boot licking, Castro loving Rep. Delahunt has set his sights on investigating the Martis. Ok, they obviously need to be investigated but Delahunt? Whose the first witness Raul Castro?
  
• The Brazillian Supreme Court knocked down an effort by legislators to raise their own salaries by as much as 90%.
• Drug traffickers in Mex have developed a hybrid marijuana plant that is difficult to kill.
• The last of 5 men kidnapped near the border was released. Unfortunately two more have disappeared.
  
• A Mexican judge has reason to believe that Echevarria executed his own people.
• Evo wants more coca and Garcia wants some in his salad.
• Correa is going the Bolivarian Way - he criticized the electoral tribunal and political parties. He also said he wants Ecuador to adopt and enact Hugo's ideas.
  
• Pinochet is getting a street named after him in the suburb where he lived. Ironically Bachelet is also from the very same suburb.
• The Mexican Hillary Clinton, Marta Sahagun is being succeded by the Mexican Laura Bush, Margarita Zavala. Unfortunately for Marta a scandal implicating her sons from a previous marriage may snuff out any and all presidential aspirations.