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The End of El Commandante
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Populist, charlatan, provocateur. How Hugo Chávez split Venezuela and the world....
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Stupidest Chávez Sendoffs
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Michael Moynihan collects five of the dumbest love letters to the departed Venezuelan comandante.
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A Tough Road for Hugo Chávez
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He won the election. But can the 58-year-old comandante push ahead with his Bolivarian revolution?
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A Losing Battle?
Last month U.S. Marines hit the ground in Guatemala to help the government fight narcotraffickers. But is it all for naught? Mac Margolis reports. MORE
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Viva La Revolutionary Guards
Iran is believed to be funding a defense academy in Bolivia, and that's just one way Tehran is deepening ties with its new Latin ally.... MORE
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Mexico’s Universal Man
Celebrated writer and leftist Carlos Fuentes, who died Tuesday, was a polyglot man of letters and a ‘totally political animal,’ says Mac Margolis. MORE
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Beyond Another Bolaño Book
Another season, another lost masterpiece. But Robert Birnbaum says there are many worthy Hispanic authors we shouldn’t ignore. MORE
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Cartagena Minefield for Obama
At this weekend’s summit, the president faces clashes on the drug war, Castro, and more. By Mac Margolis. MORE
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Rick Perry's Bay of Pigs Moment
One war ends, another is threatened? Peter Beinart on the Texas governor’s shocking Latin America plan. MORE
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Argentine Prostitutes Fight for Union
‘We consider ourselves working people.’ MORE
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Peru Election Is Evidence of Reinvigorated Region
Is this economic powerhouse of the Andes about to prove that the "Lula effect" will win the battle for Latin America? MORE
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Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Race, New PBS Series
With the circus of the 'beer summit' behind him, the high-wattage professor turns his eyes to the black experience in Latin America. MORE
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WikiLeaks Not Expected to Back Claims of U.S. Plots in Latin America
The cables might weaken some of the wilder anti-U.S.... MORE
