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The Presidents’ Day Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

LatinAmerARGENTINA
Argentina Takes More Aggressive Stance with Bond Holdouts. President asks U.S. court to lift injunction preventing it from borrowing overseas

Economic data in Argentina: An Augean stable. The government is rebuilding its discredited statistics institute

BOLIVIA
Bolivia’s Morales Seeks Probe of Contracts That Went to Ex-Lover’s Company

BRAZIL
Brazil mobilises 200,000 military personnel in ‘day of action’ against Zika virus. Rio de Janeiro will host the Olympics in August, so defeating the virus on the city’s streets is the central priority

CHILE
Chile starts to flow electricity to Argentina for first time

COLOMBIA

Protests Paralyze Bus System in Colombian Capital

The FARC promise to stop adding to their child soldier problem

COSTA RICA
Microsoft to Train Costa Rican Inmates as Web Developers

CUBA
Hellfire Missile Mistakenly Sent to Cuba Has Been Returned to U.S. The training missile had been rerouted in Germany and put on a plane to Cuba, where it had remained for more than a year

Two “Brothers”: Pope Francis and the Chekist

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Does Focusing on Race in the Dominican Republic Impede Positive Change?

ECUADOR
Why did Erdogan’s bodyguards beat up these Ecuadorian women?

Ecuador To Sell One Third Of Pristine Rainforest To Chinese Oil Companies. Ecuador is in the midst of talks to sell one-third of pure, untouched rainforest to Chinese oil companies despite environmental impact and protests from indigenous people.

MEXICO
Cartel Boss Behind Mexican Prison Massacre Linked to American’s Death

#VERGUENZANACIONAL En Mérida: Mayor (EjBV) ayudante del Maestro Chávez [ex gobernador de Barinas Hugo De Los Reyes Chávez padre del comandante Hugo Chávez] cae con 400 kilos de cocaína

Video: 1,400 American Workers Outraged as Company Informs Them It’s Sending Their Jobs to Mexico

PANAMA
Test of new Panama Canal locks where cracks were detected deemed a success

PARAGUAY
Murder Draws Attention to Paraguay-Uruguay Marijuana Trade

PERU
Oil from Peru pipeline spill reaches major river, indigenous group says

PUERTO RICO
Fiery debate over Puerto Rico’s debt at investment summit

The fiery debate between Jim Millstein, the U.S. territory’s lead debt restructuring adviser, and Nader Tavakoli, the CEO of Ambac — one of the largest insurers of PR-issued debt — was over whether the island should be granted access by Congress to Chapter 9 bankruptcy laws to restructure a large portion of its outstanding debt.

URUGUAY
What Happened with Marijuana Legalization in Uruguay? Lessons from the First Country to Legalize Cannabis Nationwide, Two Years Later

VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s Collapse Brings ‘Savage Suffering’. Dying infants, chronic power outages and empty shelves mark the world’s worst-performing economy

Venezuela leader’s foes move to oust him. The new opposition-controlled National Assembly in Venezuela plans to speed up moves to oust the government of Nicolas Maduro as economic woes deepen.

THE LIGHTS GO OUT IN BERNIE SANDERS’ UTOPIA, VENEZUELA



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