U.S. Q&A: Sen. Mel Martinez on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement - by Larry Lipman

U.S.: President Bush Talks with Cuban Dissidents in the Island - Noticias24.com (Spanish)

U.S.: What was Richardson doing with Chavez? - by Helen Aguirre Ferre (Spanish)

Mexico: PEMEX is Not for Sale! - by Edgar Piña Ortiz (Spanish)

Cuba Bars Blogger Yoani Sanchez from Accepting Award in Spain (Spanish) - Elpais.com

Chavez Aided FARC, Captured Computer Files Show - by Jose de Cordoba & Jay Salomon (Spanish)

Colombia: US Senate's Report on Chavez & FARC Terrorism - by Sergio Gomez Maseri (Spanish)

Bolivia's Largest State Votes on Sweeping Autonomy Measure - McLeans.ca

Santa Cruz: Decentralization is not Division - RELIAL

Bolivia: Risking it all for the Autonomy - by Eneas Biglione (Spanish)

Bolivia: Governor Ruben Costas "This is the Triumph of Democracy" - La Segunda (Spanish)

Bolivia Says NO to Chavez - by Alejandro Peña Esclusa (Spanish)

Ecuador's Constitution: Going Nowhere - The Economist

Venezuela: Actual Democratic Capitalism - by Hugo J. Farias (Spanish)

Peru Takes the Other Path - by Mary O'Grady

Paraguay: Fernando Lugo in a Crossroad - by Jose Cantero (Spanish)

Paraguay: Fernando Lugo's Hummer - La Nacion (Spanish)

Nicaraguan Councils Stir Fear of Dictatorship - by James McKinley Jr.

Book Review: 'El Gran Engaño: Fidel Castro y el Narcotrafico Internacional' - by Gonzalo Guillen (Spanish)

Opinion: The Semitic Tiger - by Carlos Alberto Montaner

Opinion: Drug Trafficking: Waving, Not Drowning - The Economist

Opinion: The So Wanted Independence - by Marcos Aguinis (Spanish)

Opinion: China is not the Country it used to be - by Charles Philbrook (Spanish)

France Presents Mario Vargas Llosa with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres - El Economista (Spanish)

Sao Paulo Forum: Fidel's Terrorist International - by Juan Jesus Morales Garcia (Spanish)

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