In the American continent important elections took place as well in Argentina, a country which had many possibilities squandered in the past by bad governments. Now it seems that the country is finally founding the stability so much needed. Read the rest of this entry »

When there are not wars or disasters, the media has a tendency to ignore some countries. In a way it is understandable, as unfortunately nowadays there is more than enough of bad news to report. Perú is one of those countries where life seems now to be orderly, if one does not think about the plight of poverty which is everyday life for many of its citizens. Read the rest of this entry »

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, was not very much liked in the US and now even less as in all this turmoil in the Middle East, he has refused to condemn Gaddafi for his crackdown on protesters. Read the rest of this entry »

In a continent long known for the dominance of males, there are since yesterday two female presidents: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Argentina and the President-elect Dilma Rousseff in Brazil. Read the rest of this entry »

After the constant bad news about wars, poverty, unemployment and weather disasters, it was uplifting to hear the latest news about the 33 trapped miners in Chile who have spent already two months waiting for their rescue. Read the rest of this entry »

Lately, we have been used to hear news about Latin America mostly from Venezuela and Colombia. This past week we had the scare of the Ecuadorian uprising which seems to have been resolved with the triumph of the government of President Correa. In a more democratic way the presidential elections of Brazil took place on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

Since Arizona introduced its tough new immigration law, conflict in the country has started between its promoters and detractors. Perhaps it has also had the positive effect of attracting attention about the need of a review by the federal government of the immigration laws that actually exists and which don’t seem to work. Read the rest of this entry »