The Homeland location Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

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The Homeland location Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Is it Puerto Rico, or is it Caracas? Showtime picked a safer location for Homeland than the real-life Tower of David for last week’s episode.

ARGENTINA

‘Queen Cristina’ facing the end of her reign

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Politically weakened and physically frail, Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez Kirchner is facing the end of a decade of a family rule as she recovers from brain clot surgery ahead of key elections

Argentina to pay $500 million to resolve disputes with foreign firms

Will Iran thaw bring justice for AMIA victims?

Argentine Train Slams into Station

An Argentine commuter train slammed into the end of the line Saturday morning at the same station in Buenos Aires where 52 people were killed in a similar crash last year.

BOLIVIA

Vicuna herded on motorbikes for biennial shearing in Bolivia

Every two years, about a hundred men and women Aymara villagers conduct a frenetic chase to round up wild vicunas for shearing, an event which lasts four days

BRAZIL

Brazil’s (and Odebrecht’s) Secret Deals With Dictators

Public finances in Brazil

Going for broke

Brazil army to guard oil rights sale

Union leaders in Brazil attack a decision to deploy troops to guarantee security for a controversial oil exploration rights auction.

CHILE

Chile men convicted over gay murder

A court in Chile convicts four men for torturing and beating to death 24-year-old gay man Daniel Zamudio in a Santiago park in March.

COLOMBIA

Ex-President Uribe on course to win 2 million votes

Starbucks to take on Juan Valdez in Colombia

CUBA

Babalú Exclusive: Cuban footprints across America – Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

Castro police block mother from naming her son after Cuba opposition leader Antúnez

Havana Havana, Your Fountains Are Broken

Cuban dissidents plant a hoax to trap government spies

Cuban dissidents invented a story to flush out infiltrators. A blogger bit, but denied having links to the Cuban government.

ECUADOR

Witnesses say U.S. lawyer used fraud in Chevron case in Ecuador

EDUCATION

Weak Universities Hurt Latin America, Spain

EL SALVADOR

On a different note…

El Salvador: Where women may be jailed for miscarrying

MEXICO

The most bad-ass doctor ever

Crime in Mexico

Out of sight, not out of mind

Having decided to play down the fight against drug kingpins, Enrique Peña Nieto has yet to come up with a serious alternative

Gunman in clown suit kills senior Mexican drug cartel member

NICARAGUA

NYC MAYOR CANDIDATE BILL DE BLASIO SUPPORTED SANDINISTAS, ACTIVE ALLIES OF “PALESTINIAN” JIHADISTS

PANAMA

Ibero-American Summit Marked by Notable Absences

Missing from the conference in Panama are nine presidents and Spain’s King Juan Carlos

PERU

Peru’s air force reinstates UFO department

Peru’s air force has said it is reviving a department to research anomalous aerial phenomena – in other words, UFO sightings

US gives $100 million to Peru for counternarcotics

PUERTO RICO

It’ll be talk like a pirate day: New John Malkovich series to be filmed in Puerto Rico, adding millions to local economy

VENEZUELA

The opposition will not be televised

A disabling enabling law

WORLD CUP

Jaime & Silvia recap the World Cup prelims (in Spanish):

Primero Estados Unidos nos salva y ahora el América nos quiere llevar al Mundial. Estamos perdiendo la dignidad, caray.

— León Krauze (@Leon_Krauze) October 18, 2013

The week’s posts:

Michel Moynihan interviews Vargas Llosa

Chile: Matthei/Parisi vs Bachlet?

Honduras: Zelaya’s baaaack

Mexico: Taxing the fat out of you

Venezuela: Nicolas loses Heinz

Brazil: Biggest Sao Paolo cartel threatens violence at World Cup

Mexico: El Bloombito lobbies against sugary sodas

Paraguay: Guy makes up his mind after 80 years

En español: La terapia intensiva de esta semana

Video: NAFTA and Mexican Agriculture

Garcia, Lee and Rangel lying for Castro?

Podcast:

Cuba & other US-Latin America issues of the week.

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