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	<title>Latin American Thought &#187; Michael Bustamante</title>
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		<title>Bolivia: The Santa Cruz Autonomy Referendum</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/05/05/bolivia-the-santa-cruz-autonomy-referendum/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2008/05/05/bolivia-the-santa-cruz-autonomy-referendum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bustamante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Autonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evo Morales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Santa Cruz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, thousands of citizens in the eastern Bolivian departamento of Santa Cruz went to the polls, not to elect new leaders but to vote on a referendum demanding greater autonomy from their country’s central government, led by indigenous Aymara descendant and pillar of the Latin American new Left, Evo Morales.This controversial vote was the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developments in Cuba</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/02/25/developments-in-cuba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bustamante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This sure has been one hell of a week for Cuba news.  A good friend of mine, Jamie Weinstein, interviewed me about the latest developments for his blog. Be sure to check it out. I&#8217;m pasting the post below.
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From blog.jamieweinstein.com
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JW: Fidel Castro is stepping aside. What does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Students Speak Out?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/02/14/cuban-students-speak-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bustamante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student movement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Michael Bustamante and Elizabeth Jordan
 
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Since assuming the interim presidency of Cuba in July 2006, Raul Castro has drawn much attention for encouraging Cuban citizens to voice their opinions and even criticize government officials.  In a critical speech on July 26, 2007 – a national holiday commemorating the launching of the Cuban Revolution [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgotten Continent?</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/02/11/forgotten-continent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bustamante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[book review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with Current History magazine&#8217;s assessment of Michael Reid&#8217;s new book, Forgotten Continent: The Battle of Latin America&#8217;s Soul (see William Finan&#8217;s review). The sensationalist title borders on ridiculous. Forgotten continent? Hardly.  Africa, or even Antarctica, clearly claim that title. &#8220;Remembered in the wrong way&#8221; would be more accurate. With the immigration debate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack, Hillary, and the Latino Vote</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/02/06/barack-hillary-and-the-latino-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://latamthought.org/2008/02/06/barack-hillary-and-the-latino-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bustamante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bit of a depature from the obstensible subject matter of this blog, but of interest I imagine to potential readers as well.
I&#8217;ve just turned off tonight&#8217;s primary coverage. If I have to hear Wolf Blitzer&#8217;s awkward rambling or trite references to &#8220;The Best Election Team on Television&#8221; one more time, I may turn off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaiming Cambio for Cuba</title>
		<link>http://latamthought.org/2008/01/23/reclaiming-cambio-for-cuba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Bustamante</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cuba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong probably never anticipated that his Livestrong campaign would inspire so many imitators, let alone in Cuba. But on October 29th, 70 young Cuban citizens wearing rubber bracelets imprinted with the word cambio (change) were arrested while protesting recent elections for Cuba’s National Assembly. In the following months, and as recently as January 21, [...]]]></description>
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