April 17, 2008
Spot the offense. Is it the desaparecidos comment? That fact that Eva Peron wasn't mentioned but Madonna was? Maybe it's the idea that Argentina and other Latin American nations have a history of less than democratic governments? One Argentine legislator wants the episode banned, following in the f...
go to article »April 1, 2008
Venezuela has long been criticized by the U.S. government for not doing enough against the illegal drug trade within it's borders. Its' not clear if the recent anti-drug campaign within Venezuela is a reaction to this criticism or part of a longer strategy. Venezuelan authorities have launched a new...
go to article »March 18, 2008
Score for Venezuela in it's ongoing battle with U.S. oil giant Exxon. Earlier today a British court ruled that a $12 billion freeze on Venezuelan assets awarded to U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil should be lifted. The freeze has been won in January by Exxon, who wanted to secure available cash if it won...
go to article »March 10, 2008
There was a lot of talk about the ‘Border Crisis in Latin America' on the Brazilian blogosphere in the last few days. Brazilian people suffer from an endemic form of ‘know-it-all syndrom' and, thus, many of us were talking — a lot — and taking sides about the impendin...
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