In the latest installment in a periodic series, I hustle my posting at the L.A. Times La Plaza blog. Below, recent news and notes from across Latin America, with an inevitable leaning on Mexico, per our location, and a focus on the work of LAT correspondents, per the paycheck.
I've also had two stories recently in The Times. Nice to have a byline in there again. Those links hang down after the posts noted below (and I'm only going back to early June with the posts; this is making my head heart):
Shooting of Mexican boy by U.S. border agent ratchets up tensions
DNA testing pits media family against Argentina government
Ghosts of the Pinochet regime haunt Chile's conservative president
June is shaping up as one of the grisliest months in ...
Students in Puerto Rico end long strike
High-level Mexican officials not to blame in day-care center ...
Santos wins: A vote for continuity in Colombia
'The Other Battles' -- photos from Ciudad Juarez
Argentina dispatches Mexico in World Cup -- again
'Dudus' in drag: How accused Jamaican drug lord evaded arrest
Assassination of candidate Rodolfo Torre in Mexico rattles ...
Pressure mounts on Mauricio Funes in El Salvador
Earthquake felt across southern Mexico; 1 person dead
Mexico Supreme Court orders release of 12 activists jailed ...
Mexican authorities nab suspected cartel hit man, a former ...
Mexico City, Beijing top list for worst 'commuter pain'
Hurricane Alex: 'Monterrey is beyond recognition'
Giant whale fossil found in desert in Peru
Dissident on hunger strike in danger of dying, Cuba says
Drug-smuggling sub seized by Ecuador reportedly able to ...
In Mexico, Times report on network's use of blackface ...
Jorge Videla, former dictator, faces new trial in Argentina
Cuban dissident calls off hunger strike afer 134 days
Colombia journalist denied visa for Harvard fellowship
Drug gang hit man narrates assassination of prosecutor in Mexico
As always, more here. My recent stories in the actual paper are "Mexican labor secretary defends copper mine crackdown" and "For Mexico, 'Zoot Suit' still relevant after 30 years," with an interview with Luis Valdez.
If you've made this far down the post, might as well ask, What do you think of La Plaza? What would you like to see more of, less of? How about the state of Intersections?
And speaking this blog, I'll be updating my right-bar pages soon, I promise.
* Image above, Cristian "El Cris" Rosado Mendoza, accused Juarez hit man.