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Further highlights on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's tour of South America, and his stops in Bolivia and Venezuela

It's the two Mahmouds for Lula: Having hosted Mahmoud Abbas last week, this week it's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's turn. What is Lula after?

Carlos Alberto Montaner writes in El Herald Por qué Estados Unidos le quitó su apoyo a Zelaya Why the US withdrew its support for Zelaya.

Highlights from The Economist's special report on Brazil. You can get the entire report on line through subscribing, or purchase the November 14-20 issue of The Economist

Biologist Franklin Brito's years' long protest may come to an end during a final hunger strike. Is he crazy?

The curious cases of Americans jailed in Cuba while visiting relatives

Sixty million people lost electricity yesterday in Brazil after a huge power grid failure. The entire country of Paraguay was also affected by the blackout.

The country suffers power shortages while Chavez sends troops to the Colombian border

Cuban bloggers Yoani Sanchez and Orlando Luís Pardo Lazo were kidnapped off the street last Friday, beaten up and threatened. Why this matters.

Interview with Félix Pilco, one of the six people the Ecuadorian government jailed six people for putting up posters declaring president Rafael Correa "persona non grata" in their town.
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