Rumba! Samba! Meringue!

To the tune of the eery themesong for the Terry Gilliam film "Brazil" :

I discovered an RSS feed for Brazzil, an English-language, Brazilian-slanted news soruce for things, well, Brazilian.

So here's a rundown of stories of note, with their respective links to access the full text. One on Bush/Kerry, two on trade.

Bush v. Kerry on Latin America: A Study in Contrasts

What it sounds like. Interesting how heavily Latin Americans are pushing for Kerry, even Cuban Americans after the recent lack of aid to the Caribbean post-hurricane season disaster. Definitely worth a read.

The Thorny Courtship Between Mercosur and the EU

Progress towards free trade between the EU and the Mercosur customs union (the "Southern Cone" nations of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay).

Another Step into Latin American Integration

Integration between the Andean nations to the north and west and Brazil. Sparse on details, but sounds good, provided it gets out of paper form and into real policy.