Every year, the venerable old Chilean polling firm Latinobarometro publishes the world's most comprehensive survey of Latin American perceptions, with a handy country-by-country breakdown. And every year, we take a look at what the data actually says...

After months of civil unrest and economic isolation, Honduras signaled its reemergence in the global marketplace this week by putting an end to at least one Zelaya-era big government regulator. Tegucigalpa's back, baby!

Thanks to EVERYBODY who sent this article about Miss Fat Gay Venezuela our way! You can stop now (please) because we have finally linked to it, hooray! This is hands down the most moving, relevant story Rory Carroll has ever written. Remarkably, his...

Meanwhile back in Honduras, we learn that the coup government just sort of banked on the fact that the TV networks and the newspapers and the leaders of the free world simply wouldn't bother fact checking their phony turnout numbers. Safest bet ever,...

It's been a full 24 hours since Evo Morales won re-election to the Bolivian presidency in a crushing landslide vote praised by the U.S. state department as "peaceful and orderly." His popularity is a challenging concept for the media, obvs, because Evo...