Just found an interesting, new (to me) news/comment source on Latin America

[Peace Patriot]

http://nuestrosricos.blogspot.com/

Check out this list of recent articles:

Rethink Drugs War
Colombia Peaceniks
Davos Delusions
Brazil's Long Shadow
Bolivia Literacy
Miracle Ignored
Poet Takes On CIA
Galeano: Paradoxes
Heart of Darkness
World Cup Of Shame
Chile's Torture Ship
Evo Morales & Football
Colombia Cost Of War
Galeano on Gaza
Chavez Plans a Circus
Soya Kills Argentina
Israel in Colombia
Penguin Uprising
The Gypsy Holocaust
Cancun's Dark Side

Posts by Category

Argentina/Uruguay/Chile (10)
Bolivia (9)
Brazil (4)
Cartoons (1)
Colombia (21)
Cuba/Central America (17)
Ecuador (7)
Environment (4)
Galeano (1)
Human Rights (18)
Literature (4)
Mexico (13)
Peru (2)
Popular Struggles (2)
Radical Priests/Liberation Theology (2)
Spain (1)
Tourism (1)
Venezuela (6)

And "The Why Files"

Why Kabul Does Not Celebrate May Day
Why Afghans Aren't Humans
Why Israeli Dogs of War Lack The Bite in Iraq
Why Oligarchs Hate Chavez
Why Lula Is No Radical

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"Evo Morales and Football" is my favorite so far. (Among other things, he organized an ad hoc football match instead of going to a state banquet put on by Michele Batchelet.)

http://nuestrosricos.blogspot.com/2008/05/footballing-passion-of-bolivias-evo.html

And these two articles are also interesting, informative and thought-provoking.

"Radical Priests/Liberation Theology"

http://nuestrosricos.blogspot.com/search/label/Radical%20Priests%2FLiberation%20Theology

The article "Israel in Colombia" seems to assert that Salvatore Mancuso (whom Uribe recently extradited to the U.S. in a suspected cover-up of death squad murders) was trained as a death squad killer by retired Israeli Colonel Yair Klein and his private company, Spearhead. It details other Israel/Colombia connections but it is not a well-written investigative piece. I would say that it provides some investigative clues that need a lot of solid follow-up work and more rigorous writing.

As to quality of the writing, the blog is uneven--it seems to be a place for young and struggling voices, as well as more polished articles. The item about Israeli military dog training has detailed comments by some U.S. soldiers and is fascinating for this reason. (They criticize US military dog training and praise Israel's.) It's an eclectic blog in this respect--you don't know what you're going to get when you click on a link. You might find yourself inside the mind of a U.S. Marine who was sent to Israel to learn how to handle dogs in war.

[flamingdem]

1. Wow! Unrecced the second I recced it.

Thanks for the link Peace Patriot!

[Peace Patriot]

2. Odd, huh? Some people just don't want other people to be broadly read and well-informed. nt

[Judi Lynn]

3. Wow. Recommending. This really looks interesting. Going to go explore it. Thanks! n/t

[subsuelo]

4. my rss feed is already ridiculous

one more won't hurt, this one looks good. thx Peace Patriot