Venezuelan elections and Hemispheric Brief

Good news! Joshua Frens-String is back from his summer break and the return post at his blog, Hemispheric Brief, provides a great roundup of news and views on the Venezuelan legislative elections which happen September 26th. I'd excerpt a bit of JFS's prose here but it's tough to take any part out of the full context without losing the benefits of reading the whole piece. So go read the whole piece linked right here as it's today's required reading on LatAm.

And now it's back, put Hemispheric Brief on your RSS, your bookmarks or your whatever. A great and concise way of getting an EngLang, no-spin, no-BS view of what's happening in this neck of the woods.

Recommended site: Hemispheric Brief

A nice map that gets big if you click on it

This is a post that should have been written a long time ago, so today's the day things get put right. Joshua Frens-String runs a blerg called 'Hemispheric Brief', and every day it puts out a daily digest post of events and newsworthy items in a single compilation post. His daily post always has plenty of useful links and good, reasoned commentary on the issues.

It's a great resource and I'm putting it on my RSS today (after being reminded of the site's existence by being linked here this morning, thanks Joshua). If you want a smart, easy to read, pan-LatAm resource that will keep you up with the news in the English language it's a top choice. Also, as from today you'll find a direct link on the IKN blogroll, over there on the right.

Here's the link again to Hemispheric Brief, so make use of it.