This Week in Latin America

What’s Good in the Hood

The bloc is hot: Protests continue in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia

The bloc is hot: Protests continue in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia

Recently From Se Mancha
Arab Spring in the Andes? Protests Swell in Colombia (Sandra Ramirez)
Football in Brazil (Ana Vimieiro)
FARC, Fishheads and Toads (Felipe Buitrago & Samuel George)

Protests in Colombia
Colombia: Troops Patrol Streets of Bogotá After Rioting (NYT)
Paro agrario: las dos caras de la protesta (Semana)
La militarización de Bogotá no detiene los actos vandálicos (El Pais)
Santos despliega el Ejército en Bogotá por protestas campesinas (El Pais)



..and in other news…
Mexico: 8 Inmates Killed in Prison Fight (NYT)
Argentina’s policies hinder development of vast oil, gas reserves (LAT)
Freed Mexico drug lord Caro Quintero got a huge head start (LAT)
Preparing to take over the marijuana market, Uruguay leans on experience as a whisky-maker (WaPo)
Drug legalisation in Uruguay: The experiment (The Economist)
Brazil’s foreign policy: Freelance diplomacy (The Economist)

…and in Spanish
El bolívar es la moneda más devaluada respecto al dólar (El Universal, Venezuela)
La apuesta de Starbucks en Colombia (Semana)
‘Black Bloc’, la nueva incógnita de las protestas de Brasil (El Pais)
La Argentina avaló una condena a Chevron (La Nacion)
Protesta en el DF contra la reforma energética en México (El Pais)
Chile se cree la lucha contra la pobreza y la exclusión social (El Pais)

Jorge Bushismo: Maduro Dice que Jesus multiplico los penes

Last Week in Latin America

Thanks to Natalia Lozano for the update

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