Gulf of Mexico oil spill timeline

Here is a timeline of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Chile earthquake

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Team Brazil

 

Atletas brasileiros em marcha as Cerimônias de Abertura dos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno em Vancouver.

Peru: Cocao or Coca?

The old way was to go in and destroy a drug crop, and leave the farmers either to starve or replant.  But Peru and Thailand have found a better way.

Timereports that Peru has been encouraging its coca growers to plant cocoa.  To some extent, the policy has paid off.  Today Peruvian cocoa has a decent reputation among chocolate makers.

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Haitian history

Jotman's most recent posts about Haiti:

• Destruction caused by Haiti earthquake  - A list of people live-blogging the disaster.
  

• The joker's gift to Haiti - How one American fool has helped people to face challenging historical questions.
  

• The real devil in Haitian history  - France?  America? 
  

• Haitian ambassador gives Pat Robertson US history lesson - One Haitian's reason triumphs over an the ignorance of an American televangelist
  

Live-blogging Haiti

Haiti, the second oldest nation in the New World after the United States and the oldest independent nation in Latin America, is experiencing a terrible calamity.

THERE LIVE lists some people who are live-blogging the disaster.

US remittance flow

World Bank:

Remittance flows to Latin America have been falling in large part because of a slowdown in the US construction sector. The new forecasts show a -6.9 percent decline in remittances for the Latin America and Caribbean region. Sub-Saharan Africa is also likely to experience a -8.3 percent slowdown in its remittance flows.

By contrast, flows to Asia have remained "strong."