11.09.2006
Thursday's News Roundup
Daniel Ortega's victory has alarmed ex-patriates and foreigners that own property in Nicaragua. While Ortega has claimed that he has changed, many are experiencing flashbacks to his first presidency and will not return to Nicaragua as they had once planned. Miami Herald
After working as an OAS electoral observer, Marifeli Perez-Stable offers her analysis of the Nicaraguan election and reports that democracy is strong in the country. Miami Herald
Hugo Chavez has offered some of his harshest criticism yet of the Bush administration, as the Venezuelan legislature issued a resolution that the 9/11 attacks were "self-inflicted," and compared the "genocidal" Bush to Hitler, depicting him in Nazi wartime garb. Chavez claims that there is indisputable evidence that it was Bush, not Al-Qaeda, that initiated the terrorist attacks on the US. Miami Herald
The Democratic sweep of Congress represents a different outlook for US-Latin American relations, with bilateral free trade agreements and Plan Colombia the issues that will be up for debate both in the lame duck session of Congress and in next year's Democratic controlled sessions. It is likely that the legislative stance on Cuba and immigration will not differ substantially. Miami Herald
The UN has passed a resolution with a vote of 182-4 declaring the the US should end the embargo on Cuba. The countries voting against were the US, Israel, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. AP
Mexico's president-elect Felipe Calderon meets with President Bush today. Calderon said yesterday that he believes the results of the midterm elections represent an opportunity for improvement in US-Mexican relations. Calderon is a critic of the wall along the border and will also focus on investment and trade in his meeting with Bush. Washington Post, BBC
Hugo Chavez has criticized funds of over $25 million channeled to Venezuelan organizations through USAID, NDI, and IRI as he paints the upcoming presidential election as a choice between his candidacy and the United States. These funds have be dispursed through the Office of Transition Initiatives, which has been the subject of controversy in regards to alleged US meddling in the outcome of elections in the country. New York Times
Peru's attorney general has begun a formal investigation of former president Alejandro Toledo and his connection to alleged corruption scandals during his presidency. BBC
Mexico's lower branch of the legislature has voted to prevent outgoing president Vicente Fox from taking a trip to Australia and Vietnam. They consider the trip unnecessary in light of domestic conflicts such as the ongoing violence in the state of Oaxaca. BBC
After working as an OAS electoral observer, Marifeli Perez-Stable offers her analysis of the Nicaraguan election and reports that democracy is strong in the country. Miami Herald
Hugo Chavez has offered some of his harshest criticism yet of the Bush administration, as the Venezuelan legislature issued a resolution that the 9/11 attacks were "self-inflicted," and compared the "genocidal" Bush to Hitler, depicting him in Nazi wartime garb. Chavez claims that there is indisputable evidence that it was Bush, not Al-Qaeda, that initiated the terrorist attacks on the US. Miami Herald
The Democratic sweep of Congress represents a different outlook for US-Latin American relations, with bilateral free trade agreements and Plan Colombia the issues that will be up for debate both in the lame duck session of Congress and in next year's Democratic controlled sessions. It is likely that the legislative stance on Cuba and immigration will not differ substantially. Miami Herald
The UN has passed a resolution with a vote of 182-4 declaring the the US should end the embargo on Cuba. The countries voting against were the US, Israel, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. AP
Mexico's president-elect Felipe Calderon meets with President Bush today. Calderon said yesterday that he believes the results of the midterm elections represent an opportunity for improvement in US-Mexican relations. Calderon is a critic of the wall along the border and will also focus on investment and trade in his meeting with Bush. Washington Post, BBC
Hugo Chavez has criticized funds of over $25 million channeled to Venezuelan organizations through USAID, NDI, and IRI as he paints the upcoming presidential election as a choice between his candidacy and the United States. These funds have be dispursed through the Office of Transition Initiatives, which has been the subject of controversy in regards to alleged US meddling in the outcome of elections in the country. New York Times
Peru's attorney general has begun a formal investigation of former president Alejandro Toledo and his connection to alleged corruption scandals during his presidency. BBC
Mexico's lower branch of the legislature has voted to prevent outgoing president Vicente Fox from taking a trip to Australia and Vietnam. They consider the trip unnecessary in light of domestic conflicts such as the ongoing violence in the state of Oaxaca. BBC
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