Peru: Alan Garcia’s Stunning Return to Form

Ex-President Wins in Peru in Stunning Comeback: Juan Forero reports for the AP and the New York Times, June 5, 2006.
LIMA, Peru, June 4 — Sixteen years after his presidency ended in economic collapse and heightened guerrilla violence, Alan García was elected president again on Sunday, completing one of Latin America’s most astonishing political resurrections.
Today [...]

Rio: The Naked Maia Is Shocked! Shocked! By Carioca Parapolitics!

Rick: How can you close me up? On what grounds?
Renault: I’m shocked, shocked to find that there is gambling going on here!
Croupier: Your winnings, sir.
Renault: Oh, thank you very much. Everybody out at once.
A follow-up to

Ballots and Bullets: Delivering Elections With Mafiosos (DEM) And The Party of Mafioso Democracy in Brazil (PMDB)

Terra (Brazil) reports:
O prefeito [...]

Holiday in Sambodia: Man Down in São Sebastião! “

Our ongoing beachological survey of the São Paulo North Shore this side of São Sebastião claims a casualty: My left Achilles tendon.
How? Please don’t ask!
Was I drunk? Slightly, yes.
The municipal elections are heating up — enough fireworks were let off at a night rally last evening for the PPS candidate to sink the entire U.S. [...]