Argentina and Brazil go to the World Cup semifinals, and that has been the top story all over the hemisphere.
ARGENTINA
Argentina running out of options in lose-lose debt battle with ‘vultures’
Bolivian Cops Occupy Command Centers to Demand Pay Hike
BRAZIL
Brazilian police link Fifa official to World Cup ticket gang
Brazil Tragedy Raises Doubts on Building Rush
Grief Descended on Belo Horizonte, a World Cup Host City, Following the Collapse of a Highway Overpass Video here.
CHILE
Chile’s Bachelet Introduces $27 Billion Infrastructure Program
COLOMBIA
Colombia Taps World Cup Fever to Urge Guerrilla Defections
CUBA
Putin to visit Cuba and other LatAm nations
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican Authorities Arrest 137 Haitian Migrants
ECUADOR
NYT editorializes with this headline, Government of Ecuador Can Sue Fugitive Bankers in U.S.
GUATEMALA
Four Guatemalan Cops Accused of Extorting Olympic Athlete
HONDURAS
Honduras: Search for Miners Continues
HUMOR
JAMAICA
Jamaica selling out its paradise
The telecom bill is a tough blow for Mr. [Carlos] Slim. It forces mobile unit Telcel to complete calls from competing networks without charge, and establishes that domestic long-distance charges made by Telmex will be phased out starting next year. The bill also gives powers to the new enhanced regulator to set some phone rates of dominant players.
PARAGUAY
Animals Take to Rooftops to Survive Floods in Paraguay
PERU
Hero of Peru’s Battle with Shining Path Arrested
VENEZUELA
Spain’s €3,500 Epalisticia buys El Universal for €90 million
The week’s posts and podcast:
Guatemala: When The Mountains Tremble to be corrected
Venezuela: Bye-bye, El Universal UPDATED
Invasion update: No visitors allowed on federal facilities, CDC opens Emergency Operations Center
Today’s update on the immigrant invasion
Venezuelan army protection racket at Guyana border
Obama to heal illegals with $2billion
At Da Tech Guy Blog:
Bean-counting Catholic justices
Podcast:
Are Liberals Patriotic?