It’s official, Carlos Pellegrini High School students REALLY don’t want to go to school. The Buenos Aires public high school recently received it’s 61st bomb threat…. this year.

Aliens live among us. No, I’m not being euphemistic, referring to the ghastly tourists who swarm upon Buenos Aires and indeed the rest of South America in the hope of ‘finding themselves’. I am talking actual extraterrestrial, Encounters del Tercer Tipo, high possibility of ‘probing’, aliens. And they are right here in Argentina. Specifically Córdoba.

Brazilian citizens are mobilizing to combat dengue fever, which has infected over 57,000 people and killed 67 so far this year.

Sen John McCain recently openly embraced the endorsement of Texas megachurch leader John Hagee. Televangelists and the Republican party normally go hand-in-hand, but this endorsement is causing McCain considerable heartburn.

Health inspectors had an unpleasant surprise this week when they paid a visit to French, a Buenos Aires pizzeria. Aside from the typical lack of hygiene found in most Buenos Aires fast food restaurants, the inspectors also found 2 dog bodies hidden in the restaurant freezer.

The Argentine government has begun taking emergency action to restock the nation’s shelves after a 3 week strike left stores empty.

Presidential daughter Florencia, affectionately referred to as Florkey, has been raising eyebrows with her salacious fotoblog. Interspersed with images from her mother’s inauguration and the goings on inside the Casa Rosada were photos of drunken nights out with friends, usually in poses that would make any unelected parent cringe.

Argentina’s Economy Chief Quits (BBC)
Maradona Signed As Political Party’s Number 10 (Guardian.uk)
Biofuels Starving Our People, Leaders Tell UN (Guardian.uk)
Ecuador’s Leader Purges Military and Moves to Expel American Base (NYTimes)
Brazil, Argentina, U.S. To Hold Joint Navy Drill (Peoples Daily Online)
Trading Pulpit for Politics, Paraguay Cleric Is Favored (NY Times)
Strike Shuts Down World’s Largest Underground Copper [...]

John McCain displays a firm grasp on the regional political dynamics driving the Iraq war.

Futbol-related violence, a problem so ingrained in Argentine sporting that gangs are on the payrolls of the major clubs, resulted in unimaginable death and destruction this weekend.

Two people were murdered, nearly 200 arrested, a Mercedes Benz van was torched, a car was upended and one person was sent to the hospital with multiple stab wounds and a permanently disfigured face from the attack.