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Monday, October 25, 2010

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.

Since he has not done enough to frighten off investment and squelch any hope for private sector growth, Hugo is going after the banks now. He also gives a hat tip to Correa for coming up with the idea of not allowing banks to have ownership stake in media.
Cubans sceptical of Raul's promise for economic change, they have seen this all before.
Peru has started FTA talks with Central America.
Year-to-year, Peruvian exports shot up a shade over 40%, imports were up 38%.
Colombians only buy 2.2 shoes a year?

Colombia is not backing down on its FARC accusations and tells Hugo where to stick his "Plan de Paz."
Great piece in WaPost on Mex Drug Cartel Violence going to Central America. Did you know that homicides per capita in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras far outstrip Mexico's?
Kidnappers of Don Diego release photo and letter. Depressing and awful.
Correa starts to set the stage to nationalize petrol companies.
Ortega talks up US Sec of Labor Solis, kind of nauseating actually. She is visiting the Nicas.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa is cautiously optimistic about the release of political prisoners in Cuba. Even then, he is too optimistic. The Church got a role in all of this because Ortega is a tool and can be manipulated not because it brings anything to the table.
US Charges d' Affaires in Bolivia whines and begs Evo to cooperate in fight against narcos. Seriously, why should he? So the US can help the way they help Mex? The way they helped sink Colombia to the brink of collapse? Why should they lift bring more killing, corruption and crime just to raise the price of cocaine by $1 a kilo? Evo should give him the middle finger and say - "We don't snort or smoke, you deal with it."
Maradona is out - the vote was unanimous.
Peru's State of the Union/4th of July is tomorrow - one legislator's plea..."Don't lie."

Americas Quarterly Blog notes that Keiko Fujimori has a sliver of a lead, +2, over Lima mayor Luis Castaneda. Ollanta Humala has slipped to fourth...in case you were wondering that is the good news.

FARC and ELN leaders are chilling out in Venezuela. Colombians have pictures and film to prove it - the evidence goes back to 2002 and...
Venezuela is SHOCKED by the allegations...Hugo pulls his ambassador from Colombia. That Ambassador must have some pretty awesome frequent flier miles.
You're invited! Santos invites Hugo and Correa to his inauguration...good luck with that.
First car bomb in Mexico's drug war goes off in Ciudad Juarez - four dead.
Mexican drug cartels have US made grenades.
Argentina oks same-sex unions - Cristina takes a swipe at the US, of course.
Hugo's unions take on the old unions and 75 union leaders have died. How come we only hear about Colombia?
Cuban Commie spy is sentenced for life . His wife gets off easy with only six and three quarter years.
Not a parody - Hugo exhumes Simon Bolivar, speaks to the remains and relates it all to a national audience. The crazy thing is that if he ran tomorrow, Hugo would probably still get re-elected.
Cardinal Ortega visited US in June - met someone, but Obama Admin is not confirming who.
Peruvian economy continues to sizzle, growing 9.2% in May
Happy Birthday Plan Colombia! $8 billion, 84% reduction in terrorist attacks, 88% reduction in kidnappings, 58% in coca production and 45% reduction in homicides.
Correa gears up for war against crime.
Ten candidates for Prez of Brazil, only Dilma and Serra matter.
Twelve Candidates for Mayor of Lima, right and center right candidates leading.

Vicky Pelaez is going to get PAID by the Ruskies. Like she wasn't getting paid before.
Because it wasn't fun enough the first time "El Mesias Tropical" is gearing up to do it again. Ebrard is playing nice for now, but no way he lets AMLO get the PRD nod without a fight.
Camacho Solis coordinator of the lefty Mexicans (PRD, PT and Convergencia) says they need to stick to one candidate in 2012 - good luck if the consensus isn't el Peje.
Year to year numbers for May show Peru exports to the Americas up 30%. All that and no Export Initiative? Amazing how that works.
Venezuela blames Uribe for keeping relations testy - I'm SHOCKED!