Bloggers of the world unite and take over

NOTE: In order to make up for the lack of posts earlier this week we will publish 2-3 posts on Saturday including our weekly article on music. Stay tuned!

• Addition by subtraction may not be a good idea in the closing of a pair of government programs that are going to close in Mexico and Brazil, according to a pair of bloggers.

• Council on Foreign Relations fellow Shannon O’Neil’s blog on immigration examines how demographics are shaping the immigration debate.

• Critical Miami gives his take on “Cocaine Cowboys”, a documentary on the drug trade in Miami.

• Fellow contributor Maegan la Mala reviews the boobietastic snoozefest that was last night’s Premios Billboard a la Musica Latina.

• Jon at Posthegemony explains the aesthetics of Chilean shopping malls.

• Plan Colombia and Beyond gives an exhaustive list of the over 70 politicos involved in Colombia’s “para-politics” scandal.

• Play ball! – Greg Weeks on how Major League Baseball is promoting the game in Chile, while Wonkette pokes fun at a photo of baseball and Cuba.

• Professor Kevin Johnson of ImmigrationProf Blog gives his two cents over Lou Dobbs’ latest anti-immigrant rant; this time, Dobbs targeted the media.

• Several great Latin American restaurants in New York City are listed by Gridskipper, while A Year in Uruguay clues us in to an Uruguayan dish called ñandú.
  

• Tourism tips: 1) while in Buenos Aires try riding the bus and 2) you can learn a lot from Mexico City taxi drivers.

• Will the legalization of first trimester abortions in Mexico City be the beginning of a nationwide push to decriminalize abortion? The Mex Files thinks so.

• Without further delay, our last entry for this post comes from Jason Kottke who linked to an appearance by Mexican duo Rodrigo y Gabriela at Pop!Tech last year.

Links- A Year in Uruguay, Beautiful Horizons, Bloggings by Boz, Foreign Policy – Passport, Gridskipper, ImmigrationProf Blog, kottke.org, LatIntelligence, Plan Colombia and Beyond, Pop!Tech, Posthegemony, Ricardo’s Blog, The Latin Americanist, The Mex Files, Two Weeks Notice, VivirLatino, Wonkette