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ARGENTINA Argentina’s dubious poverty line The six-peso diet Rumbling stomachs, grumbling citizens BRAZIL Petrobras Seeks Partner for Deep-Water Gulf Operations . . . in the Gulf of Mexico COLOMBIA...
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ARGENTINA The Argentina Scenario The Obama administration’s familiar economic mistakes Argentina Makes Colombia Drug Bust Henry de Jesús López, 41 years old, was captured Tuesday near Buenos Aires in...
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ARGENTINA Argentina Runs Out of Other People’s Money The demonstration in Buenos Aires this month was the largest since Argentines restored democracy in 1983. In the second quarter, the economy...
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ARGENTINA Argentina Media Group Suffers Reversal in Court Ghana Ordered to Release Argentine Ship BRAZIL Brazil’s Graft Probe Now Targets Ex-Leader Da Silva Denies Wrongdoing in Vote-Rigging Scheme...
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The Christmas’ Eve Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
ARGENTINA Looting Tests Leader in Argentina President Kirchner’s Social Policies Are Criticized After Raids Spread to Several Cities; Government Blames Union Leaders; thing is, once you run out of...
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ARGENTINA Defence chiefs prepare new plans to defend Falkland Islands Defence chiefs have drawn up new contingency plans designed to prevent hostile action by Argentina towards the Falkland Islands....
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ARGENTINA Energy in Argentina Sparks in the dark A half-hearted policy retreat BOLIVIA VIDEO SURFACES OF BOLIVIAN LAWMAKER ALLEGEDLY RAPING WOMAN INSIDE PARLIAMENT Nationalising utilities in Bolivia...
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The Pope Francis Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean. This week’s big story: Pope Francis, the first Latin American Pope. ARGENTINA Behind the Campaign to Smear the Pope Argentines who want their...
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ANTIGUA Stanford Victims Will Benefit From $300M Settlement ARGENTINA Imprisoned priest Francisco Jalics breaks silence over Pope Francis, clearing him for involvement in ‘Dirty War’ Jalics had been...
View ArticleObama heading to Mexico and Costa Rica
On May 2-4, “to take up trade, economic growth and immigration” The trip comes as Mr. Obama is pressing Congress to pass a broad immigration overhaul that would provide a path to citizenship for the...
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The rigged Venezuelan election Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
In Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, at least according to the chavista-controlled board of election, won last night. Henrique Capriles Radonski demanded a recount, asserting that electoral fraud had taken...
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Obama heads to Mexico
Key issues on Obama’s Mexico trip: Trade, immigration and drug war. On immigration, Obama To sell his immigration overhaul back home, he needs a growing economy in Mexico and a Mexican president...
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Obama in Costa Rica
After visiting Mexico and giving a speech, President Obama went to Costa Rica where he vowed to Shift Focus on Central America to Economy: Obama arrived in Costa Rica yesterday from Mexico, where he...
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The new Venezuelan Fascism Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
The big news this week, Fascist Venezuela: The end of the National Assembly ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Lures Foreign Buyers A hunger for stable U.S. dollars is creating opportunities for buyers to nab...
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The missing Venezuelan toilet paper Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Venezuela’s economy is in the crapper as it completely runs out of toilet paper. That’s what Chavez’s Socialism for the 21st Century brings you. ARGENTINA Comparing Argentina...
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Good news Sunday: The Pacific Alliance
The Pacific Alliance met in Colombia last week, for the seventh time since its creation in June of 2012; This is good news for the world, not just for the region. For starters, there are two major...
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ARGENTINA At least 3 dead, dozens hurt in Argentina train wreck Tweet of the week: It'd be funny if it weren't their actual system of gov't. Cc @fausta #argentina pic.twitter.com/ramGqJvTcw — J.P....
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ARGENTINA Fifty ways to screw your country: Argentina Applies Law That Jails Hoarders as Bread Surges Mothers will now collect welfare money instead of fathers in Argentina BOLIVIA Michael Moynihan...
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The maggot Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
No, not maggot Anthony Weiner (with apologies to any soft limbless larva of dipterous insects who may be reading this blog). The catchy headline is not from a Star Trek movie, but from another trek . ....
View ArticleCentral America: Everybody wants a canal
and I have a bridge to sell you, Two, Three, Many Canals in Central America (emphasis added): Besides, the Panama Canal is already undergoing an expansion of its capacity to accommodate the latest...
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