Latin America

America is dissatisfied - and that's good news for Obama (Guardian Unlimited)

8 Sep 2008

Last Friday, John McCain and Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail together for the first time as an official ticket, as Palin pledged her loyalty to "small-town America" in the Republican stronghold of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, population 11,000.

'Cold War II' could involve Latin America (Miami Herald)

7 Sep 2008

HELSINKI, Finland -- Before arriving here, I thought that the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union belonged to history books, and that Washington and Moscow had long ceased to compete for geographic enclaves around the world. But now, I wonder.

Latin American artists protest persecution of Nicaraguan poet (CBC)

7 Sep 2008

More than 60 writers and cultural leaders in Latin America have banded together and called for an end to what they say is a vendetta by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega against poet Ernesto Cardenal.