* Venezuela: President Hugo Chavez’ trip abroad continued with a deal for 1 million laptops from Portugal and then chatting with Fidel Castro in Havana.
* Mexico: In response to rampant crime several legislators have suggested restoring the death penalty.
* Nicaragua: The stepdaughter of President Daniel Ortega dropped her case against him accusing him of child abuse and rape.
* Brazil: Could the G8 be expanded to include Brazil? One Italian official hopes so.
Image- Guardian UK (“Hugo Chavez visits Fidel Castro in hospital, August 2006. Photograph: AFP-Getty.”)
Sources- MSNBC, IHT, El Universal, Reuters India, Monsters & Critics
2 comments:
I'm not sure what to make of the dropped charge against Ortega. Will history judge this action as proof that the charge was fabricated or politically motivated, or does this mean she has just been broken down, and that the lesson in such cases is that powerful people can never really lose in such situations? I have been told that the feminist movement has paid a price (receiving threats, repression, and censorship); I am wondering what the Nicaraguan feminist movement, and/or Sofia Montenegro have to say about this.
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