The Caribbean
Fidel to Ahmadinejad: “Stop slandering the Jews”
Cuba’s Fidel Castro, in an interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, warns Mahmoud Ahmadinejad against Holocaust-denial and anti-Semitism.
Southern Cone
Chilean miners won’t get paid while they’re buried alive
The 33 trapped Chilean miners may not receive any wages while they are trapped underground, a union official has claimed. The miners are expected to be trapped until year’s end.
Mexico
Clinton: Mexico needs “equivalent” of Plan Colombia
In comments before the Council on Foreign Relations, Hillary Clinton asserted that the US, Mexico and the Central American countries need to cooperate on an “equivalent” of Plan Colombia.
Central America
Devastating floods hit Central America —again
The Central American region is again being hit by devastating floods, in a rainy season that has wreaked destruction across the isthmus, leaving scores dead and thousands displaced.
Central America
Honduras: drug gang behind factory massacre?
Honduran police have blamed street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels for the killing of at least 18 employees in a shoe factory in the northern industrial city of San Pedro Sula.
North America
Red scare follows Los Angeles intifada
The Los Angeles Times sees communist agitators behind the uprising by Central American immigrants in Los Angeles’ Westlake district following the police shooting of a Guatemalan day-laborer.
The Andes
Colombia: bomb blast at Nariño secret police office
Twelve people were injured when a bomb went off in front of the local office of the Administrative Security Department (DAS), Colombia’s secret police agency, in the southern city of Pasto.
The Andes
US military pact with Colombia dealt setback
The US military pact with Colombia that would open seven bases in the country to the Pentagon faces an uncertain future following a ruling of the Andean nation’s Constitutional Court.
New York City
WHY WE FIGHT
From the NY Times’ City Room blog, Sept. 8: Officer Resigns, Then Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter An off-duty police officer who struck and killed a woman in Brooklyn in 2009 pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday to second-degree… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: protests against Christian fundi Koran-burning
The so-called “Burn a Koran Day” announced by a Gainesville preacher ignited protests for a second day in a row by hundreds of Afghans, who burned US flags and shouted “Death to America.”
New York City
WHY WE FIGHT
From the NY Daily News, Sept. 4: Taxi smashes into East Village coffee shop; five people injured An out-of-control yellow cab crashed into an East Village coffee shop early Sunday, critically injuring an elderly man, police said. The customer, Preston… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Afghanistan
Pakistan: jihadi terror targets mosque —again
Suicide bombers struck an Ahmadiyya mosque during Friday prayers in the western Pakistan town of Mardan—and a march by Shi’ites in solidarity with the Palestinians in Quetta.