Category Archives: Breves de la Semana

Musings from American newspapers

Gone Missing

Mexican authorities have suspended their investigation into the disappearance of a former presidential candidate and party boss Diego Fernandez de Cevallos. The family doesn’t want the authorities to  interfere help with the negotiations. (CNN.com) U.S. and British diplomats along with … Continue reading

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Gone Legal

Mexico City and the Argentinian Patagonia go legal gay, ruining marriage for good Catholics. (LAT, USA Today) Latin America needs to fight the capitalist-imperialists pigs to survive 2010. (The Guardian) Latin America needs to watch more cartoons in English to … Continue reading

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Gone Bananas

Brazil beats Mexico and Venezuela in oil production. Cheney plans invasion. (WSJ) Latin Americans dislike Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez. Latin Americans like better Latin American president Barack Obama. (Winnipeg Free Press) European Union and Latin America agree over bananas. (WSJ, … Continue reading

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Columbian news of the week

France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy: high level ministers from countries such as Columbia will rescue the climate summit (NYT). Some blooger: Books by Columbian author García Márquez hard to find (examiner.com). Columbian singer Shakira too hot for her own good (UK’s … Continue reading

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Brazilians annoyed and shooting each other

Musings from American newspapers Conservative billionaire leads Chilean presidential elections. Blame it on the kids.  NYT, WSJ. Cuba jails American street peddler outsourced there by the Obama administration. LAT, NYT,  WP. Mexico’s narcos spend their money on wheels with bling. … Continue reading

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