Oh noes! Reports of Canadian mining companies murdering Mexicans aren't confined to stooopid blogs any more. Seems there have been three arrests in the Mariano Abarca Robledo murder case and amazingly, astoundingly, incredibly the people are Blackfire people. Hoodathunkit? Hey fringe loonies, send your next batch of unhinged mails to Reuters, Globe'n'Mail, CTV and all their goddam lefty pals.Chile goes to the polls this weekend to elect a new prez. Although its very unlikely that we'll see an outright winner and a ballotage is set to happen, Reuters runs a "what the candidates want to do with the Chilean mining industry" report that's useful for you mineheads out there. Here's the link.
Lithium Junior Miners = Snake oil Salesmen, part 1,496. Just ain't gonna happen, sheeple.
A classic press release from Connie Mack regarding Bolivia's elections. Despite all world bodies being present in the Bolivian elections and declaring them a shining example of fair voting, and despite no overseeing body being present in the Honduras farce that has already been shown as utterly rigged, Connie (probably jealous that he needs FakeTan while Evo got da real thang) says that...
“Morales’ close relationship to Chavez and his anti-freedom and anti-democracy actions threaten the freedom, security and prosperity of Bolivia and the entire hemisphere. Perhaps Morales should travel to Honduras to get a lesson in how democracy actually works in Latin America.”
...errrrr...yeah, dude....whatevs. Democracy is always more refreshing when tanks and souljas are in da house, police brutality reigns and that extrajudicial bodycount goes haywire.
Honduras Presidential Palace, June 2009