LA Quick Hits: Fidel's Ass, Former Para Talking (Dead Man Walking?), Isa Going to Jail?, Correa Takes Reins, Nica Poverty Fight, Just Say No! & More

• Castro almost got an artificial anus but opted against it. This and other scintillating details about Fidel's colon and rectum were revealed by el Pais in Spain.
• Salvatore Mancuso, a former "para" leader in Colombia, confessed/boasted about his crimes in an effort to take advantage of a deal provided to all "paras" to disclose crimes and serve reduced sentences.
• A second arrest warrant has been issued for Isabel Peron, a request for extradition should come next.
  
• El Salvador marked the 15th anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that allowed the FMLN to put down its weapons.
• Correa marks his first day on the job by signing an oil deal with Hugo.
• Nicaragua's new finance minister is making poverty his number one concern. He says the right things but is incredibly vague as to the policies that he will implement - that is rarely a good thing.
  
• Calderon starts a jobs program providing incetives to companies to hire first time workers.
• Evo's land reform is posing challenges to its benficiaries.
  
• Mexico is ticked that an illegal border jumper was killed by the Border Patrol.
  
• Texas border mayors say "no" to a fence. I can respect that but what should be done then, any suggestions? One mayor sends that a barrier would send the "wrong message." The message that a wall/fence says to me is don't cross the boder illegally - is that the "wrong message."