Recent on The Americas:
Where have all the salmon gone?
Sandro Contenta - Canada - November 20, 2009 17:32 ET
The Humber River was teeming with this year's run. But salmon populations are declining elsewhere in Canada, leading many to question whether that will always be the case.
Cuba tries to keep the lights on
Nick Miroff - Cuba - November 20, 2009 06:55 ET
Cuba gets plenty of oil from Venezuela. So why is it adopting "extreme measures" to avoid blackouts?
Costa Rican creates plasma rocket to pick up space trash
Alex Leff - Costa Rica - November 19, 2009 06:26 ET
Franklin Chang Diaz wants to fuel the International Space Station and transport people to Mars with his plasma rocket.
The tango always awaits you
Anil Mundra - Argentina - November 16, 2009 15:22 ET
Facebook: A tool for cops and robbers
Charlie Devereux - Venezuela - November 16, 2009 12:58 ET
In Venezuela criminals use Facebook to research targets. Cops use it too — but not always for scrupulous purposes.
A Mexican cop in search of sanctuary
Todd Bensman - Mexico - November 15, 2009 09:34 ET
A Juarez cop fled to Texas after drug cartels attacked him. Will a judge send him back?
Journalist murders in Mexico hit new record
Ioan Grillo - Mexico - November 14, 2009 09:46 ET
Censorship increases as killings become routine. "I don’t want to die young," says one reporter.
Full Frame: Following the Virgen de El Cisne
Steve Remich - Full Frame - November 13, 2009 06:50 ET
A photographer joins an annual pilgrimage that mixes faith, tourism and commerce.
The race for carbon neutrality
Alex Leff - Costa Rica - November 13, 2009 06:31 ET
Costa Rica wants to be the first country to go entirely carbon neutral. But do rising automobile emissions threaten that goal?
Mural makeover
John Enders - Mexico - November 12, 2009 16:50 ET
Mexico is restoring the murals of Diego Rivera — admirer of Lenin, friend of Trotsky and lover of Frida Kahlo.
Yoani Sanchez vs. the state
Nick Miroff - Cuba - November 11, 2009 18:42 ET
How will Cuba deal with a 34-year-old blogger with spotty internet and a massive global following?
Welcome to Canada, where the little guy loses
Sandro Contenta - Canada - November 11, 2009 08:49 ET
Professional hockey players cut in front of old ladies waiting for flu shots, and a Chinatown grocer gets charged for catching a thief.
Apologizing for a father's sins
John Otis - Colombia - November 9, 2009 09:23 ET
Interview: The son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar plays a central role in a film about his father’s violent legacy.
On Location: Mexico City — Gangster chic
Ioan Grillo - Mexico - November 9, 2009 09:22 ET
Gourmet suppers behind closed doors
Anil Mundra - Argentina - November 9, 2009 09:16 ET
War-zone tourism
John Otis - Colombia - November 8, 2009 09:45 ET
It's a national park “where the rainbow becomes a river.” And it's nearly empty.
China and Costa Rica move toward free trade agreement
Alex Leff - Costa Rica - November 7, 2009 11:01 ET
China wants ties in the region, Costa Rica wants Chinese goods. But not everyone's pleased.
Easter Island: even more difficult to get to?
Pascale Bonnefoy - Chile - November 6, 2009 06:42 ET
Indigenous population considers limiting visitors and immigrants to one of Chile's top tourist destinations.
Design within reach
Daniel Grushkin - NGOs - November 5, 2009 17:36 ET
Cameron Sinclair founded Architecture for Humanity to bring thoughtful design to the world’s neediest.
Global Blogs:
Tables Turned: Lost in Paradise-Armenia
Tango Spam - Argentina - November 20, 2009 20:38 ET
I decide to leave Bogota without a plan. My hosts Myriam and Andres are skeptical. They prefer I wait and book a tour. I do not want to. Monday was a holiday and it made a minor mess of my plans. Everything was closed. I had to use the...
Summer fungi
Steven Alexander, Author, "Tropical Diversity — The Amazon" blog - Brazil - November 20, 2009 20:17 ET
The nomenclature is mine. I don't think there is such a name, "summer fungi". It came to mind because we are at the end (I hope) of a long hot summer and these fungi give that impression. Reminds...
Obama Signals, Berman Leads, Pelosi Protects
Contributor, "The Havana Note" blog - Cuba - November 20, 2009 19:04 ET
Photo credit: The White House Yesterday, three significant statements were made regarding the United States' policy towards Cuba. President Barack Obama, responding to dissident Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, signaled to Congress and Havana his willingness to break the stalemate...
Friday links
The Center for International Policy, Host of the "Plan Colombia and Beyond" blog - Colombia - November 20, 2009 19:01 ET
Human rights defender Carmelo Agámez has been in jail for a year (photo source). The Wall Street Journal editorial page is perhaps the most conservative of any major U.S. daily....
First impressions of beautiful Bogota
Stibbs Goes To Bolivia - Bolivia - November 20, 2009 17:04 ET
Colombia may have a reputation as a dangerous cocktail of drug barons, paramilitaries and guerrillas but I knew things had changed. I’d seen the adverts: who could fail to be convinced by this man’s voice? Less gruffly, Susi had told me that Bogota was now safe (relatively...
Angus Reid
Far and Wide - Canada - November 20, 2009 12:17 ET
The latest AR poll shows a huge gap between the two principles, Liberal support eroding. The first pollster to peg Liberal support below 30% in Ontario, teens in Quebec. I'd wait to see if these results are replicated by anyone else before inferring anything substantive.What...
It's not the torture, it's the cover-up
A BCer In Toronto - Canada - November 20, 2009 11:32 ET
I haven’t followed the ins and outs of Richard Colvin’s testimony and the ensuing Conservative smear campaign super-closely, but I do have some thoughts here on what the issues are and how the opposition should be pursuing them.To me, this isn’t so much about allegations...
Two revolutionary moments: the new socialist man
Venezuela News And Views - Venezuela - November 20, 2009 11:21 ET
On from me and one courtesy of TeodoroI went to get my San Felipe Central Madeirense, the grocery store located in middle class San Felipe, where you need a car or a cab to go since there is not even a convenient bus top close by. In spite of San Felipe growth the CM is still...
Retrospect
Adventures of a Gringa in Rio - Brazil - November 21, 2009 00:02 ET
I really hate retrospect, because the older I get, the more I experience, and I feel mostly regret more so than wisdom.In a little less than a month, I'll be 25. I am so horrified by this fact...
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