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Jeanette Jalil, writing from Chile, has the story of 20 women elected to official posts in Bogota, Colombia after being interviewed by the mayor in what she says was a type of “reality show.”
Boli-Nica adds to the speculation on what U.S. troops are doing in Paraguay.
Tim's El Salvador Blog has some disappointing statistics about recent homicides in El Salvador.
Don Ball Carbajal of South American Journal remembers María Elena Moyano, a Peruvian political activist who spoke out against the violent revolutionary group, Shining Path until she was murdered in 1992.
With US forces scheduled to evacuate Uzebekistan before the end of the year, there's a great deal of speculation that the US will find a willing replacement in Azerbaijan. Blogrel looks at the the move and links to more coverage.
ThaRum's Web writes about the very rapid changes that cell-phone culture is causing in Cambodia.
Registan.net has a great roundup of recent Azerbaijan news.
The WTO will be assembling in Hong Kong in December; EastSouthWestNorth has details of the Hong Kong Police's plan to contain the expected demonstrators.