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• An interesting look at how the Confederate states tried to colonize parts of Latin America during the Civil War.
  
• Cuy: The new white meat.
• Hay Chihuahua! Is an animated film on “dancing, Spanish-accented Chihuahuas” tasteless or funny?
• Last week we mentioned how a television network’s series of the greatest Chileans ever skipped over Augusto Pinochet. But was the bigger omission independence hero Bernardo O’Higgins?
• Barack Obama may not have visited Latin America recently though that hasn’t stopped his half-sister from campaigning on his behalf in Mexico.

Sources- The Latin Americanist, Guanabee, Vivirlatino, Bloggings by Boz, La Plaza, Mental Floss