To err is human, and to misplace the ruins is definitely not divine, so today’s Carnival is dedicated to Hema Maps, the publishers of this guidebook.
ARGENTINA
Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Argentina’s Latest Crisis
THE TWO WORLDS OF BUENOS AIRES: MACRI’S LEGACY OF INEQUALITY
Currency controls in Argentina
Relaxation therapy
BOLIVIA
Bolivia ‘to build first nuclear reactor’
Radio Serial About Evo Morales Debuts in Bolivia
CHILE
Chile’s president-elect chooses old faces for new cabinet
Chile’s 33 miners still haunted by their past
COLOMBIA
Cash for votes
COSTA RICA
Cato’s ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN NO. 18
Growth without Poverty Reduction: The Case of Costa Rica
Costa Rica needs genuine market reforms that eliminate the government’s power to pick winners and losers or otherwise bestow favoritism. In the areas aforementioned, the country should
* Implement a neutral exchange rate regime either by allowing the colón to freely float against the U.S. dollar or by adopting the latter as the country’s official currency.
* Abolish all tariffs on agricultural products as well as other regulations that provide monopoly powers to conglomerates that produce farm goods such as rice, beef, and sugar, and eliminate price controls on rice.
* Dismantle regulations that stifle domestic entrepreneurship, following the guidelines laid out by the World Bank’s Doing Business project.
* Adopt a neutral and competitive tax regime that taxes all businesses domiciled in the country equally but at a low flat rate.
CUBA
Dissidents Arrested Ahead of CELAC Summit
RIP, Inter-American Democratic Charter
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican Republic runaways told they cannot return to Stonyhurst College
The two pupils who ran away from Stonyhurst College to the Dominican Republic will not be allowed to return to school
EL SALVADOR
El Salvador Presidential Election Preview, 2014
Shaky truce: Is El Salvador’s gang war really on hold?
GUATEMALA
Guatemala’s Stranded Orphans
Unicef’s pressure to stop international adoptions has tragic results.
JAMAICA
Mass Burial Site Claim
Police said to be aiding some criminals in the East
LATIN AMERICA
Latin America and the Caribbean: Congressional Priorities for 2014
PANAMA
Panama Canal Authority Says Proposal on Table That Could End Dispute
PARAGUAY
Six Hurt in Clash with Police in Paraguay
PERU
Peru Lawmakers Find Evidence of Graft Under Former President
PUERTO RICO
Your taxes just went up: Gobernador convierte en Ley medidas de COFIM
Puerto Rico: The next debt crisis?
URUGUAY
A really big mess: Dead Sperm Whale Washes Up on Beach in Uruguay
Uruguayan Economy Minister Resigns Amid Airline Scandal
VENEZUELA
Carta abierta a @abc_es
Jeff Bezos will go to jail in Venezuela
Venezuelan Government Devalues Currency
Miami on the cheap? Venezuelans traveling to Florida face new restrictions
Will Venezuela default on its debts?
The week’s posts and podcast:
CELAC: Maduro & Cristina want Puerto Rico’s independence
The question the media should be asking about Menendez
Argentina And Venezuela: Chronicles Of Devaluations Foretold
Who is to gain from smearing Robert Menendez?
Argentina: Chronicle of a default foretold
Cuba: Success through ruination
Cuba: Michael Totten’s road trip
Mexico: Michoacan’s fighting priests
The BVI, China’s new tax haven
Venezuela: Worst judicial system
At Da Tech Guy Blog:
UN Climate chief: Communism fights global warming
Cuba: What a “prosperous and sustainable socialism” looks like UPDATED
The week’s podcast:
Venezuela & US-Latin America stories of the week