Stories about Latin America from August, 2005
Brazil, Japan: Samba!
Though held in Tokyo, Japan, Japundit tells us Samba dancers from Brazil were invited to the capitol city for the 25th annual Asakusa Samba Carnival parade.
Colombia: Alberto Gonzales, meet
Plan Colombia and Beyond has the untold story of the “Gordo Lindo” while U.S. Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales was in Bogotá last week.
Venezuela: Media Objectivity
Daniel is concerned about the loss of Radio Nacional de Venezuela's objectivity while Aleksander Boyd says the same of the international press.
Bolivia: Parliament's Choice For President
Miguel Centallas sees little chance of any presidential hopeful winning a straight out majority in December's election, which would leave the decision up to parliament.
Argentina: Diego Armando Maradona
Diego of Altered Argentina makes a clever and witty case for why soccer player Diego Armando Maradona symbolizes all that is Argentine.
Argentina: Alejandro Rozitchner's Weblog
Doug of all-encompassingly points us to the blog of Hora Clave co-host, Alejandro Rozitchner.
Venezuela: More Reactions to Robertson
Publius Pundit has more on the Internet's reaction to the Pat Robertson controversy with a special focus on Venezuelan bloggers.
Caribbean: Telecom Industry
Taran Rampersad covers the telecommunications industry in the Caribbean.
Puerto Rico: Taino Protesters
Roberto Borrero follows up on the arrests of Taino protesters last week in Utuado, Puerto Rico
Honduras: Carbon Trading to Fund Hydropower
Honduras Last Week explains how carbon trading will fund a new hydroelectric project thanks to new Kyoto Protocol funding.
Colombia: Rep. McGovern: The U.S. should change course
Plan Colombia and Beyond offers an English translation of Representative McGovern's opinion piece in Colombia's daily, El Tiempo last Sunday.
Venezuela: Run away from Robertson
Bloggins by boz gives a complete run down of everything related to Pat Robertson and Hugo Chavez.
Bolivia: Grafitti thoughts
Nick Buxton compares grafitti in Bolivia and Britain and finds the former tends to be more thoughtful.
Bolivia: Possible Complications for Elections
MABB sets forth some plausible complications in December's special elections including voter redistricting to accurately represent the Santa Cruz region's population growth.
Venezuela: Pat Robertson's Explanation
Blog from Bolivia comments on Pat Robertson's back peddling away from his comment that Hugo Chavez should be assasinated.
Argentina: Yesterday's Storm
GoodAirs has a hyperlinked post on yesterday's 22 hour strom which flooded Buenos Aires’ streets.
Argentina: Writers’ Online Digital Archive
Jeff Barry sums up a government project developing an online collection of audio and video materials featuring Argentine writers.
My First PC, But For Real
A well organized group of proactive bloggers and computer enthusiasts have taken the Chilean government to task over it's newly announced program, “My First PC,” which was launched by the...
Venezuela: Pat Robertson and Chavez
Satisfying his fans, Daniel touches on Rev. Pat Robertson's proposal that somebody assasinate Hugo Chavez.
Chile, Argentina: New Characters in URLs
Iria Puyosa notes that beginning next Sunday, Chile and Argentina will allow the registration of domains including the characters á, é, í, ó, ú, ü, and ñ. I would assume...
Venezuela: Ballot Machine Software
Aleksander Boyd does some investigative blogging into the vote software company Smartmatic and concludes, it is “worrying indeed that a company with connections to the Hugo Chavez regime has been...
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