· July, 2005

Stories about Latin America from July, 2005

Cuba: Hamburgers

  26 July 2005

A contributor to A Hamburger Today visited Cuba to get the low down on the Socialist Island's hamburger scene. Though he encountered “the kindest people I've ever met,” the taste of the hamburgers left something to be desired: “The burger stayed in my mind for days. I kept tasting that...

Bolivia: Samuel Doria Medina

  26 July 2005

Barrio Flores profiles Bolivian presidential candidate and Burger King magnate, Samuel Doria Medina, who describes his political platform as hot sauce, not ketchup.

Colombia, Bolivia: Coca buybacks

  26 July 2005

Plan Colombia and Beyond writes about a new Colombian initiative to buy back illegal coca harvests in Colombia. The post notes that a similar program in Bolivia a few years ago did not do much.

Argentina: Medical Tourism and Who Benefits

  26 July 2005

Expat Argentina has a post in English on “medical tourism” in Argentina while Jorge Gobbi of Blog de Viajes says in Spanish that more studies need to be done to discover just who does benefit from increased tourism.

Argentina: Text Messaging

  26 July 2005

The metablog, weblog.com.ar, reports that 80% of cell phone users in Argentina use text messaging [es]. It often seems like the U.S. is about the only country that doesn't.

Argentina: First Impressions, Buenos Aires

  26 July 2005

Marisa, from Leander, Texas, writes a spanish and english version of her arrival to Buenos Aires and then this post of her first impressions of the city when she stumbled upon what “felt like … the middle of a COPS episode.

Bolivia: Evo's Chances

  25 July 2005

MABB gives yet another (and probably the definitive) speculation on Evo Morales’ chances of becoming Bolivia's next president.

Nicaragua: Coffee and Contras

  25 July 2005

Boli-Nica has two posts on a recent Miami Herald article about the nexus of organic coffee and politics in Nicaragua. His posts are full of links to other bloggers discussing the issue.

Bolivia: A Valuable Look Back at Bolivian History

  25 July 2005

Blog From Bolivia offers some excellent reflection on a piece written in 1952 entitled “Democracy in the Andes” by William Rosenberg. In a satirical response to recent comments on the Democracy Center's outsider funding, there is also an announcement that Blog From Bolivia is currently on vacation until August 1st.

Bolivia: Election Buzzword #1 – Gonismo

  25 July 2005

Eduardo of Barrio Flores writes that “Gonismo” – referring to the Neoliberal policies of ex-president, Gonzalo “Goni” Sanchez de Lozada, has become the Bolivian election buzzword.

Argentina: Foreign Debt Museum

  25 July 2005

Diego of Altered Argentina continues his Debt For Education Swaps series with a review of the Foreign Debt Museum at the University of Buenos Aires’ School of Economics. He's pretty sure this is the world's first museum devoted to debt.

Venezuela: Sumate

  22 July 2005

Daniel of Venezuela News and Views compares Chavez's persecution of opposition group SUMATE with Rome's ancient persecution of Carthage.

Venezuela: New Currency Law

  22 July 2005

Venezuelan Politics discusses a new law which places greater regulation on currency trading in Venezuela and offers some possible consequences.

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