Latin America: leaders and writers assess Occupy Wall Street (ARTICLE # 2) http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2011/10/wnu-1101-latin-american-indignados-join.html

Latin America’s protests on the Oct. 15 global day of action around the economic system were not especially large--in comparison either to the massive protests in Europe that day or to many Latin American demonstrations around the same issues over recent years. But for leaders, writers and activists in the region the day was an historic event, both because of the participation of people around the globe and because of the unusual leading role of a movement based in the US.