21st Century Socialism at work: TEN years ago I posted that Hugo Chávez had taken over the beer trucks. Now Empresas Polar closes its breweries because the government
hasn’t allocated the dollars the company needs to pay for imported raw materials such as malted barley.
ARGENTINA
Obama pokes fun at Trump’s foreign policy experience: ‘Miss Sweden, Miss Argentina . . ’
The Triumphant Return of Argentina to International Capital Markets
BOLIVIA
Bolivian Judge Orders Morales, Alleged Son to Take DNA Tests
BRAZIL
Brazil registers 91,387 possible Zika cases in two months
CHILE
Chile: An Island of Stability in South America
COLOMBIA
Colombia’s economic outlook darkens: report
CUBA
Philip Hammond becomes first Foreign Secretary to visit Cuba since 1959 Revolution
ECUADOR
Rescuers Pull 72-Year-Old Man From Rubble 13 Days After Ecuador Earthquake
FALKLAND ISLANDS
Leaving EU would fuel Argentine aggression towards Falkland Islands, official claims
JAMAICA
Cuba and Jamaica to sign multi-destination agreement
MEXICO
Four Questions about the ‘5th Bus’ in Case of Mexico’s Missing 43
Other View: Mexico’s Faltering Efforts to Fight Corruption
PANAMA
Grueling Trek to U.S. Leaves Thousands of Cuban Migrants Stranded in Panama
#PanamaPapers: How ex-Nigerian minister bought two penthouses in Panama for N837million
PERU
PHOTOS: 33 Rescued Circus Lions Airlifted From Peru To South Africa
The animals were rescued from circuses in Colombia and Peru after both countries passed new laws to ban the use of wild animals in circuses, according to ADI.
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico debt rescue plan engulfed in Great Recession ‘bailout’ politics
SURINAME
Islamic bank offers billion-dollar loan to Suriname (emphasis added),
A delegation from the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) has ended a fact finding visit here offering Suriname a loan of US$1.75 billion, Finance Minister Gilmore Hoefdraad has announced.
. . .
Hoefdraad said government was considering the loan and that while projects that will be funded through this loan would be taken through a rigorous selection process, funds would immediately be made available to finance imports of social merchandise, such as basic goods and medicines.
. . .
Hoefdraad said that while the enormity of the loan could be daunting, as it regards 40 per cent of the gross national product (GDP) of Suriname, the money would help the country bridge the economic crisis it is facing.
VENEZUELA
Venezuela turmoil may alter region’s energy landscape
