The birth certificate is missing – was Venezuela’s Maduro born in Colombia? The Venezuelan opposition wants to know.
BRAZIL
Brazil’s opposition
Own goalS
Consolation for a weakened president
COLOMBIA
Protests in Colombia
Hit the road
The politician who learns how to channel this anger, he says, can count of plenty of votes in next year’s congressional and presidential elections.
CUBA
Irony: Brazil’s Workers’ Party Helps Cuba Violate Labor Rights
ECUADOR
The Meaning of Chevron’s Oil-Pollution Case in Ecuador
MEXICO
Militares chavistas enviaron más de 52 toneladas de cocaína a México
El ex militar venezolano que fue agregado esta semana a la lista de los capos de la droga por el gobierno de Estados Unidos, afronta desde el 2011 cargos por haber facilitado el envío de 50 toneladas de cocaína a México, desde Venezuela, junto con otro ex oficial de la Guardia Nacional y una bróker aduanera de ese país, según documentos de una corte de Nueva York.
VENEZUELA
A horrible murder worthy of a bizarre crime novel: Death at a maternity [hospital]
So much flies out of this one, like for example,
1. What kind of sociopath beats up a nurse at a hospital?
2. Why were these women tinkering with the hospital elevator?
3. Why were they given probation when they clearly represent a danger to society?
4. What kind of illness requires a 45-day stint … at a maternity hospital?
5. If they’re sick enough to be hospitalized, how can they have the strength to beat up a nurse?
6. Who paid for these ladies’ hospital bill?
Viva Hugo: the cult of Chávez lives on in Venezuela
The week’s posts and podcast:
Venezuela: Where was Maduro born?
Puerto Rico: 68 arrested on SS disability fraud
Mexico: The failed auction, the oil reform, and US shale
Podcast:
US-Latin America stories of the week