- Correa nixes amnesty talk for cops.
- Evo wants Iran to invest in Bolivia.
- Peru and Thailand to sign FTA next month.
- They are STILL counting votes in Lima mayoral contest.
- Mexican Senate votes to raise cigarette taxes from 10 to 35 cents. If enforced I have no doubt that Mex will be running a surplus for years on end.
- APRA ticket in Peru likely to be led by a woman, Mercedes Araoz, former Finance Minister and grad school grad of The U. APRA is President Alan Garcia's party.
- PRD flips...Godoy stays.
- China's Eximbank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) sign letter of intent to boost trade in the region.
- Mex Mayor and AMLO thorn Ebrard tries to get international cred in Spain.
- Peru and Ecuador have bi-national cabinet meeting tomorrow.
Monday, October 25, 2010
LA Quick Hits: Correa's Cops, Evo in Iran, FTA for Peru, Mex Senate Finds a Cash Cow, APRA's Pick, To Godoy or Not To Godoy & More
Grenada's Goons Still Silent After All These Years
Seventeen people — including Coard and General Austin — who were jailed for the Fort Rupert murders have recently been released from prison in Grenada. Coard now lives in Jamaica. Some of their fellow prisoners, including Austin, are employed by the Grenadian government.But the released prisoners should not be embraced by Grenada's civil society without answering the many questions that still remain about the events which led to the Fort Rupert massacre: questions to which the island's long-suffering people need answers. Who gave the orders that live ammunition should be used against unarmed children and adults at Fort Rupert? Who ordered the execution of Maurice Bishop and the members of his government? Where were the bodies of those killed taken on 19 October 1983, and why were they not given to the public mortuary for relatives to identify, claim and bury? And for me, that to which I shall probably never find the answer is: who buried my father?
25 October is a public holiday in Grenada to mark the start of the "rescue mission" (as Reagan dubbed the invasion). Those who still mourn the victims of the massacre are calling for 19 October to be declared "Martyrs Day" and a public holiday, as a reminder that they have yet to bury their dead.
I should note that Mr. John's father passed due to a medical condition that could not be attended to; militia forces obligated his mother to return home when she sought help. Mr. John's was in a funeral home and taken by the army and buried at an undisclosed location during the American invasion.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
LA Quick Hits: Cholera Kills in Haiti, Juarez (Again), Hugo and Santos, Bolivia - Not So Gassy, Peru Talks Security, PRD Drops Godoy & More
- Cholera outbreak in Haiti kills 150 thus far; not in Port-au-Prince but earthquake to blame. WaPost and LAT also follow story.
- 15 youths dead in Juarez.
- Santos and Hugo to meet in Caracas on October 29.
- Bolivia gas reserves a lot lower than previously believed.
- Colombia, Brazil and Peru talk security (notice the source link and how they play down Chavez nuke plans).
- Peru says FARC is hanging out there.
- Peru talks narcos with Bolivia.
- PRD dumps Godoy. Why did they accept him in the first place. Godoy has ties to organized crime and still sits in Chamber of Deputies. He is immune from prosecution while in office.
- PAN's preemptive strike against AMLO fails - they should just ignore him. They are turning him into a martyr...again.
- Colombia has more fauna under threat than any country in world, save Mex.
- Susana Villaran still has a 14K vote lead in Lima mayoral race with over 88% of votes counted.