Links but no Update for August 24, 2008

[Due to other commitments, we are unable to send out an Update this week. We'll be back next week. Below are links to stories from other sources.]

Dispatch From Paraguay: Hope Reigns at Dawn of Fernando Lugo Presidency
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1434/1/

Paraguay: former slave becomes indigenous affairs minister
http://ww4report.com/node/5926

Bolivian Government Condemns Opposition Strike
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1435/68/

What did Bolivian Society Say Through the Recall Referendum?
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5486

Democracy and Conflict: Bolivia's Constituent Assembly, Federal Government, and Departmental Autonomy Statutes
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5487

Bolivia: opposition strike shuts down five departments
http://ww4report.com/node/5927

Bolivia: Evo sends army to oil installations
http://ww4report.com/node/5939

Peru: Conflict Grows, Government Slumpshttp://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1436/68/

Peru: indigenous uprising claims victory —for now
http://ww4report.com/node/5925

Venezuela: Land Reform Conflict Arises Around Strategic Water Sourcehttp://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1433/1/

Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and Survival in Hondurashttp://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1437/1/

Guatemala: SalvaVidas Purified Water Union Suffers Threats and Injustice
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1429/1/

Deadly attacks on police across Mexico
http://ww4report.com/node/5934

Inter-American Court Focuses on Forced Disappearances
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1430/68/

An Introduction to Regional Financial Institutions in Latin America
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5460

Should Obama, If Elected, Make a Clean Break With Bush's Latin America Policy?http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/1432/68/

Would There Be Change in Obama's Americas Policy?
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5479