Links but No Update for July 11, 2010

[There is no Update this week because co-editor David L. Wilson was at the World Fellowship Center July 9-11 in Conway, New Hampshire, for workshops on Haiti. We'll be back next week. Below are links to stories from other sources.]

"Latin America Faces an Environmental Emergency"
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2584-qlatin-america-faces-an-environmental-emergencyq

United Nations: Time to Value Women's Unpaid Work in Latin America
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2587-united-nations-time-to-value-womens-unpaid-work-in-latin-america

Argentina: ex-dictator goes on trial
http://www.ww4report.com/node/8582#comment-320996

Was Bolivian missile mishap really attempted coup d'etat?
http://www.ww4report.com/node/8830

Reflections From Bolivia: Water Wars, Climate Wars and Change From Below
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/bolivia-archives-31/2583-reflections-from-bolivia-water-wars-climate-wars-and-change-from-below

Oil Spill Devastates Amazon Region in Peru
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/peru-archives-76/2582-oil-spill-devastates-amazon-region-in-peru

Ecuador’s Economy Under Rafael Correa: Twenty-First Century Socialism or the New-Extractivism? – An Inteview with Alberto Acosta
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/ecuador-archives-49/2586-ecuadors-economy-under-rafael-correa-twenty-first-century-socialism-or-the-new-extractivism--an-inteview-with-alberto-acosta

Ingrid Betancourt’s Request For Millions In Damages Sparks Controversy In Colombia
http://latindispatch.com/2010/07/12/ingrid-betancourts-request-for-millions-in-damages-sparks-controversy-in-colombia/

Communal Power in Caracas - An Interview with Wilder Marcano
http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/5479

Posada Carriles Associate Confesses Was Paid to Destabilise Venezuela
http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/5483

Posada Carriles cohort captured in Caracas, confesses to conspiracy (Venezuela)
http://www.ww4report.com/node/8827

Public Security Challenges for El Salvador’s First Leftist Government
https://nacla.org/node/6650

Looking Ahead to 2012 Presidential Race in Mexico
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2585-looking-ahead-to-2012-presidential-race-in-mexico

Mexico: violence-marred elections do not upset balance of power
http://www.ww4report.com/node/8828

PRI Defeated in July 4 Election in Oaxaca
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/mexico-archives-79/2579-pri-defeated-in-july-4-election-in-oaxaca

Mexico thwarts Hezbollah bid to set up South American network?
http://www.ww4report.com/node/8829

Cuban Dissident Guillermo Fariñas Ends Hunger Strike After 130 Days
http://latindispatch.com/2010/07/09/cuban-dissident-guillermo-farinas-ends-hunger-strike-after-130-days/

Cuban Government To Release Up To 52 Political Prisoners, Catholic Church Official Says
http://latindispatch.com/2010/07/08/cuban-government-to-release-up-to-52-political-prisoners-catholic-church-official-says/

We Bend, but We Don’t Break’: Fighting for a Just Reconstruction in Haiti
https://nacla.org/node/6652

Explosive Political Situation in Puerto Rico
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/2580-explosive-political-situation-in-puerto-rico