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Costa Rica: US sends $1million for refugees, $30 million in military supplies

Obama Admin Has Given Costa Rica Nearly $1 Million To House Immigrants

Many of the immigrants pouring into Costa Rica are from other Central America countries, Cuba and Haiti. Speaking at the Wilson Center in Washington D.C, [Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo] Solis pointed out that Costa Rica is also receiving a lot of “extra-continental” immigrants.

Primarily these immigrants are from African countries, but Solis mentioned that his country has received some as well from Pakistan. The nearly million dollars Costa Rica received from the U.S is going to be used to “install camps” in the northern part of Costa Rica. President Solis mentioned that at one point there were more Cuban immigrants in the northern Costa Rican town of La Cruz than Costa Rican residents.

Obama Agrees to Massive Military Donations for Costa Rica

In a bid to help curb organized crime and human trafficking, Obama, accompanied by Vice-president Joe Biden, agreed to donate around $30 million in military supplies to Costa Rica, which includes two cargo planes, two large patrol boats and two smaller interceptor boats, air surveillance equipment and biometric software to help identify illegal immigrants in the field.

The agreement also provides supplies for law enforcement, including three armored vehicles, the construction of virtual shooting ranges and communication equipment for the guards at Corcovado National Park.

In addition to the equipment, the U.S. will provide Costa Rica with extensive Coast Guard training and maintenance packages for the boats.

Solís had recently expressed concern over neighboring Nicaragua’s purchase of fifty T-72 Russian tanks, according to A.M. Costa Rica (no direct link).

Additionally (emphasis added),

Last month, Costa Rica announced that it would offer temporary refuge to people fleeing from the violence-plagued Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala – a decision spurred by U.S. efforts to stem illegal entries along its southern border with Mexico.

As part of the program, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will pre-screen people seeking protection and transfer them to Costa Rica for processing before resettlement in the U.S. or another country.

h/t JC.

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Costa Rica: What immigration looks like

From AM Costa Rica (no direct link h/t JC), without further comment (emphasis added),
Government struggles to handle flood of migrants

The central government is trying to come to grips with the new flood of migrants who are entering the country illegally at the rate of from 100 to 150 a day.

Casa Presidencial said Wednesday that the Fuerza Pública would reinforce the country’s southern border with Panamá. The government also revealed that up to 80 percent of the migrants who hope to reach the United States are not Africans, as was thought. They are Haitians, said a government summary. However, there are migrants from Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Congo, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Guinea, Togo, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, India, South Africa and the Sudan.

Elsewhere,
Cartels Help Terrorists in Mexico Get to U.S. to Explore Targets; ISIS Militant Shaykh Mahmood Omar Khabir Among Them

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The radical tourists Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Nick Cohen takes to task “lefty westerners who trawl the world for revolutions to praise:” Radical tourists have been deluded pimps for Venezuela, in The Guardian, no less.

ARGENTINA
Viviana Fein still trying to justify herself: Alberto Nisman may have been forced to kill himself, says Argentine prosecutor. Shot in the back of the head, no less.

BOLIVIA
Bolivia police, workers clash at protest over plant shutdown

Dynamite Used at Bolivian Protest, 3 Injured, 76 Arrested

BRAZIL

Brazil’s Revised 2016 Budget Projects Worse-Than-Expected Fiscal Picture. Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles says forecasts are ‘transparent and realistic’

Brazil Partners with WHO to Track Tobacco, Alcohol Industries. Country Also Plans to Monitor Use of Alcohol and Sugar Intake. I don’t drink or smoke, but this gives me a craving for a Derby and caprinhas.

CHILE
Violent protests erupt during Chile president’s speech

Chileans are angry because of an economic downturn and a corruption scandal involving Ms Bachelet’s family.

COLOMBIA
Colombia and FARC Rebels Reach a Deal to Free Child Soldiers

FARC has said in the past that it no longer recruits child soldiers. But during a visit this year by a New York Times reporter to a rebel camp,minors said guerrilla fighters had taken them into custody in recent months.

COSTA RICA
At Drudge:  Hell opens? Costa Rica volcano erupts…

Hundreds hospitalized…

CUBA
Cuban and North Korean Special Forces in Venezuela

Furthermore, how this arrangement stems from a confidential military cooperation and intelligence-sharing agreement that North Korea’s Kim Jong-un with Cuba’s Castro regime in March.

ECUADOR
Ecuador Bank Hacked — $12 Million Stolen in 3rd Attack on SWIFT System

Ecuador deporta a cinco de los cubanos detenidos en el Hotel Carrión

JAMAICA
Venezuela’s Maduro stopped by: Venezuelan president in Jamaica for working visit

MEXICO
Mexican Marines Denounce Superiors’ Unwillingness to Fight Cartels

‘El Chapo’ Extradition to the U.S. Approved. The Mexican Foreign Ministry said Friday that the government has authorized the extradition of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to the U.S. where he faces drug trafficking and other charges.

Mysterious Roar And Light In The Sky Wake Mexican City

Police, soldiers swarm Acapulco, killings continue…

Lord Rolls Royce (en español),

PANAMA
Panama ends sale of Mexico air tickets to stranded Cuban migrants

PARAGUAY
Paraguay battles over land rights in the courts and across the airwavesAs soya companies appropriate land in Paraguay, many small-scale campesino farmers are forced out to cities. For those who stay to fight for their land, the conflict can turn bloody

PERU
Peru’s Fujimori faces money laundering investigation ahead of election. Prosecutors have opened an investigation against Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori and her husband. The probe comes shortly before nationwide polls and will look into suspicious campaign contributions.

PUERTO RICO
Creditors of Puerto Rico Government Bank Revive Lawsuit Over Debt Moratorium

URUGUAY
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is ‘Crazy as a Goat’, says former Uruguayan president. The colloquial equivalent in American English is “batshit crazy.”

VENEZUELA
Good luck with that, Oil-for-Drugs Swap: India’s Answer to Venezuela’s Unpaid Bills

Chains of the Foolish

Sugar shortage forces Coca-Cola to stop production in Venezuela

Venezuela, where hamburger is officially $170…

Socialist paradise turned living hell…

‘We are like a bomb’…

Fidel Castro, Evo Morales discuss ‘imperialist efforts’ in Latin America…



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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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The Superbowl weekend Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

LatinAmerARGENTINA
Argentina in $6.5bn offer to debt holdouts after its 2001 default on $100bn.

BOLIVIA
Gabriela Zapata vive en una lujosa vivienda que pertenecía al político Guillermo Fortún

Bolivia’s Morales reveals that in 2007 he had a child that died

BRAZIL
Brazil Health Researchers Say Zika Virus Is Active in Saliva, Urine. Pregnant women advised to take precautions to avoid coming in contact with others’ saliva; other researchers suggest such fears are overblown

Palestinian Authority opens embassy in Brasilia

CHILE
Privatization success: Chilean Pension Funds Grow 4.1% Year-on-Year in January

COLOMBIA
Colombia is preparing for peace. So are its drug traffickers. If FARC guerrillas accept a peace deal, the fight over the country’s cocaine business may escalate.

Islamist Militants Join Latin American Drug Lords in Explosive Duo. Hezbollah Seeks Closer Links with Drug Cartels Due to Iran’s Falling Oil Revenues

This week, the DEA announced the arrests of Hezbollah operatives with connections to ‘La Oficina de Envigado,’ a major Colombian Drug Trafficking organization responsible for a large share of the cocaine shipped to US and European markets. The presence in Latin America of Hezbollah, the Lebanese-based and Iran-backed Shi’a Islamic terror group is hardly news.

The group has been active in money laundering and other illicit activities in the region for decades, predominantly in the lawless tri-border region between Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Most notably, Hezbollah bombed a Jewish center in Buenos Aires in 1994, killing 85 and wounding hundreds. However, the recent increase in cooperation with drug traffickers, as evidenced by these high-profile arrests, represents an alarming trend and a dangerous prospect for the future of hemispheric security.

Falling oil prices are affecting Iran’s economy, and Hezbollah must diversify and pursue other revenue streams. The lucrative Latin American drug trade is a natural choice.

White House seeks to boost aid to Colombia to $450 million

President Barack Obama promised to throw the White House’s full support behind the Colombian government’s efforts to sign a historic peace agreement with leftist rebels, including a pledge of $450 million in aid annually to help demobilize rebels who’ve been fighting an insurgency for 51 years.

The ELN in action, Colombian Policeman Killed in Rebel Attack

COSTA RICA
2nd Group of Cuban Migrants Stuck in Costa Rica Flown Out

CUBA
Pope Che’s going back to Cuba: In Historic Move, Pope to Meet With Leader of Russian Orthodox Church

ECUADOR
Ecuador protests to Turkey over Erdogan speech scuffle

Ecuador has protested to Turkey over an incident in which demonstrators were violently ejected during a speech by visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital, Quito.

Video:

EL SALVADOR
El Salvador detains ex-soldiers for 1989 Jesuit priest killings

HAITI
Crisis in Haiti turns deadly as power vacuum looms

Protesters in Haiti have beaten a man to death in a clash with ex-soldiers, as political uncertainty continues.
Witnesses say the crowd in the capital Port-au-Prince attacked the man, thinking that he was from the country’s disbanded military.

JAMAICA
Jamaica Ready to Celebrate 71st Anniversary of Birth of Bob Marley

LATIN AMERICA
A Channel 2 Action News investigation discovered a leaked secret document showing a spike in people from terrorist nations illegally crossing our country’s Southern border.

Congratulations to Eneas Biglione: HACER entre los 75 centros de estudios más influyentes de EEUU

MEXICO
“La reina del sur” in hot water: Mexican Judge Grants Del Castillo Protection against Arrest

The runaway cops visit the burnt-out unit,

PANAMA
Panama expected to follow Brazil’s lead and release genetically modified mosquitoes whose offspring die as larvae in a bid to stop the spread of the terrifying Zika virus

PERU
Peru may bar presidential hopeful from April elections

PUERTO RICO
State of emergency declared in Puerto-Rico as Zika cases climb to 22

VENEZUELA
Venezuela Is Socialist, Senator Sanders. Any Questions?

Printing Error. Venezuela is now importing 100 bolivar bills by the planeload: more banknotes, actually, than the whole of the European Union needs.



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The Christmas week Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Merry Christmas to all visitors! Here’s the Carnival,

ARGENTINA
Macri’s Promising Start in Argentina. The new president lifts capital controls and moves to stabilize the peso.

Argentina Needs to Leave Tradition Behind

BOLIVIA
Disappearance of Bolivia’s 2nd Largest Lake Declared a Natural Disaster

BRAZIL
Scary signal: Brazil’s worrying change of finance ministers. Joaquim Levy’s resignation is reason for alarm. Calling Capt. Louis Renault,

That change is likely to make a terrible situation worse. It suggests that Mr Levy lost an argument within the government about whether austerity is the right cure for Brazil’s sickly economy, and that he lost it not because his economic remedy was wrong but because it was politically unpalatable.

Market Shudders As Brazil Risks “Succumbing To Fiscal Populism” With New FinMin

CARIBBEAN
Canada’s War on Drugs in the Caribbean Had a Very Good Year

CHILE
Chile and the Southeast Pacific. The South American country has a growing presence in the Asia-Pacific.

COLOMBIA
UAE sending Colombian mercenaries to Yemen: sources

COSTA RICA
Switzerland extradites Costa Rica ex-football chief to US

Mr Li is one of seven officials with Fifa, world football’s governing body, who were arrested in Zurich in May, amid a huge corruption investigation.

CUBA
Must-Watch: What Happens to Cuban ‘Entrepreneurs’ Who Aren’t Subservient

Cuba, U.S. reach agreement to resume direct passenger flights. The accord is a breakthrough, but it would be a few months before Americans could book flights.

ECUADOR
Chevron: surviving in the new world of low oil prices and nuisance law suits

Ecuador Makes History With $650 Million Payment to Bondholders

IMMIGRATION
Open-borders money backs Marco Rubio

LATIN AMERICA
Iran Taking Over Latin America

JAMAICA
The quest for leadership in Jamaica

MEXICO
Mexican Judges Release 9 Cops Convicted of Working with Los Zetas Cartel

U.S. Consulate Warns Americans Traveling to Mexico During Holidays

New traffic laws in the DF,

PANAMA
Wider Panama Canal has Wilmington port dreaming big, But some question port’s plans to attract larger vessels

PERU
Cambridge University graduate killed in psychedelic ceremony in Peruvian Amazon. Unais Gomes, a 26-year-old high-flying London financier, was killed by a friend during ayahuasca ceremony near the jungle city of Iquitos

PUERTO RICO
Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle for Puerto Rico’s Future

Some warn that Puerto Rico could be a test case for the rest of the country, paving the way for troubled states like Illinois to escape unsustainable debts.

Stephen J. Spencer, a restructuring expert representing Puerto Rico bondholders including some hedge funds, said letting the government renege on agreements with hedge funds and other investors would set a dangerous precedent, undermining the integrity of the bond market.

“It’s really a wealth transfer from the bondholders to the municipalities,” Mr. Spencer said.

The bondholders include large numbers of retirees.

VENEZUELA
Roberto Rincon arrested in Houston for money laundering

Roberto Rincón trades his little Woodlands house for a jail cell. Roberto Rincón, the enchufado of Tradequip and Ovarb Industrial fame, is spending tonight in a Houston-area federal jail cell awaiting arrainment [sic] on money laundering charges.



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The Argentina inauguration Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Mauricio Macri was inaugurated last Thursday as Argentina’s new president. Having created ‘as many problems as possible for the new government’ and behaving as petulantly as usual, Cristina Fernandez skipped the festivities.

ARGENTINA
Argentina’s new government won’t seek to revive Iran deal on JCC bombing probe

Argentina Abandons Pact With Iran to Investigate ’94 Attack at Jewish Center

If you work for MTV and are planning a helicopter trip, you may want to reconsider.

BOLIVIA
Las Valkyrias de Bolivia – the women wrestlers of La Paz (I posted on the cholitas a few years ago).

BRAZIL
More on Odebrecht, Brazilian Builder OAS’s President Arrested in Bribery Probe. Elmar Varjão among executives alleged to have overcharged government on contracts

Corruption in Brazil. Weird justice. The courts treat suspects too harshly, and convicts too leniently

Brazil Senator Sees 2016 Budget Plan With No Primary Surplus. The Brazilian budget proposal for 2016, which could get its final vote in Congress as early as next week, will probably have a fiscal target lower than Finance Minister Joaquim Levy has called for, a senator involved in the budget discussions said.

CHILE
Ex-soldier held after radio caller admits Chile slayings

Police on Friday arrested former conscript to Guillermo Reyes Rammsy, identifying him as the man who made an emotional 25-minute call to a radio program this week. A judge placed him under house arrest.

COLOMBIA
Colombian prosecutor accuses rebels of 150 forced abortions

Oil Production in Colombia Down 1% in November

COSTA RICA
Minnesota native, St. Thomas grad found stabbed to death in Costa Rica hotel room

CUBA
Cuba Begins to Re-Imprison Political Dissidents ‘Freed’ Under Obama Deal

Miami Herald tries to shame the Castro regime into being nice to the White House
Even the Clinton Administration Made an “Effort” to enforce U.S. Law, Cuba Sanctions

Moody’s Reaffirms Cuba’s Credit Rating but Changes Outlook to Positive. As the church lady put it,

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Forced to Flee Dominican Republic for Haiti, Migrants Land in Limbo

ECUADOR
Ecuador signs deal with Sweden for Assange questioning

EL SALVADOR
Two-Month Border Surge Brings Nearly 11000 New Illegal Alien Minors to U.S.

HONDURAS
Mapped: Which countries have the highest murder rates?Central and South America have the highest homicide rates in the world while European cities are least blighted by murder

JAMAICA
Jamaica slips in equal pay global rankings, PSOJ concerned

LATIN AMERICA
Elections Won’t Save Latin America.Global Climate Talks Reveal Misguided Notions of Development Still Prevail

MEXICO
Pope Francis Plans Mexico-U.S. ‘Cross-Border’ Mass During Election Year

Mexican cartel boss ‘El Chapo’ spent heavily to escape maximum security jail, thereby giving new meaning to “the price of freedom”.

PANAMA
Panama’s Ex-President Found in Contempt in Spying Probe

PARAGUAY
South America’s Other Insurgents: Paraguay’s EPP

PERU
American citizen accused of sex trafficking underaged girls in Peru. Peruvian and U.S. authorities say Brown “facilitated sex tourism and exploitation of children”

PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Governor: We Won’t Make It to 2016 without Bankruptcy. Island Bigwigs Dismiss Concerns over Waste, Seek DC Approval for “Restructuring”. Capt. Louis could have been Puerto Rican,

VENEZUELA

Quitting before you start. Two Chavista assembly-members elect have already said they won’t take on the seats they were elected for less than a week ago, preferring their old mayor’s jobs. More may follow.

Not by a long shot, Election loss does not mean the end of socialist Venezuela

The Latin Leftist Sore Loser Club

En Venezuela ganó otra vez el castrocomunismo. Lo único cierto es que Venezuela seguirá subyugada a los Castro durante muchos años más y seguirá como trinchera continental del par de sátrapas asesinos que buscan desde allí seguir intoxicando a Latinoamérica con la ideología criminal del marxismo



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The fake Syrian passports Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Today’s top story: Macri won yesterday’s runoff in Argentina. I’m working on a longer post for this afternoon. [Update: Post is up]

The most ignored story of the week so far is the one about all the Syrians in our Hemisphere using stolen and fake passports, even in the Tri-Border Area. But hey, don’t worry, be happy!

ARGENTINA
Keep it all in the family: Kirchner Supporters Urge Voters to Steal Relatives’ ID Cards.Facebook Page behind the Campaign Claims It Was All a “Joke”

Perfidy: Cristina Fernandez overspending to the last Peso and credit before leaving

Outgoing Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be leaving not only the Central bank reserves exhausted but also a budget deficit which is estimated at 7% of GDP by the end of the fiscal year, equivalent to 400.000 million Pesos, according to the country’s National Auditing Office, AGN.

BOLIVIA
Three Australian backpackers arrested at Bolivian airport as they attempt to board a flight when ‘police find explosives in one of their bags’

Bolivia Protesters Threaten to Cut Flow of Gas to Brazil

BRAZIL
Perfect Storm at Petrobras, the World’s Most Indebted Oil Company. State-run firm went on a borrowing binge–but after Brazil’s currency and oil prices plunged, it faces tough choices

Brazilian economic activity contracts for the fourth straight quarter

Economic activity in Brazil contracted for the fourth straight quarter, central bank data showed this week as Latin America’s biggest economy plunges further into recession. The bank’s IBC-Br economic activity index indicates economic activity fell 1.41% in the third quarter from the previous three months.

CHILE
Advances in viniculture add to Chile’s attraction for investors

COLOMBIA
Santos to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Colombia by Executive Order. Decree Sets Groundbreaking “Export License” for Cannabis-Based Health Products

COSTA RICA
Regional Bloc to Consider Cuban Migrants

CUBA
Castro’s Refugees Aren’t Coming for Freedom.Havana’s Orchestrated Migrant Crisis Turns Up the Heat on DC

1,403 Arbitrary Arrests in Cuba under US Embassy WatchRegime Escalates Repression following Normalization of Relations

ECUADOR
With a name like Carlos Marx, what’s not to love? Ecuador the First LatAm Nation to Convict a Twitter Activist. Opposition Leader Given 15 Days in Prison for Libeling Labor Minister Carlos Marx

GUYANA
In Guyana, a Land Dispute With Venezuela Escalates Over Oil

JAMAICA
Bank of Jamaica Governor Says JA Dollar No Longer Devalued, Hopes to Boost Confidence of Investors

LATIN AMERICA
Extradition in Latin America: How to handle a drug gang. The pros and cons of outsourcing justice to the United States (emphasis added)

Extradition can create dependency by reducing pressure to clean up local justice systems. Although Colombia has broken up gangs, increased drug seizures and cut its murder rate, its courts and jails remain inefficient and corruptible by global standards. Because it now extradites even mob foot-soldiers, no one knows if it could jail a proper capo safely. Just 9% of murders there lead to a conviction.

MEXICO
Mexican Immigration to U.S. Reverses.More Mexicans are leaving the U.S. to return home than arriving, ending the largest wave of immigration in modern American history

NICARAGUA
Thousands of Cuban migrants stuck at Nicaraguan border in limbo amid political impasse

PANAMA
Panama Canal Traffic Jam Easing. Container ships were waiting up to 10 days to pass through the Panama Canal, but conditions are improving just in time for the holiday shopping season

PARAGUAY
Paraguay Strikes Blow Against Guerrilla Group the ACA, Armed Peasant Association, not to be confused with the US’s Affordable Care Act.

PERU
Foreign Correspondence: Ecuador or Peru – Which is better for rookie travelers?

PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Electric Wins Extension of Debt Restructuring Pact

URUGUAY
File this one under “No s**t, Sherlock!”: Uruguay Authorities Discover ‘Gray Market’ for Pot

Authorities in Uruguay say the country’s legal pot-growing clubs may be selling marijuana and cannabis products without approval, creating a kind of “gray market.”

VENEZUELA
Venezuela pair held by US for drugs ‘were kidnapped’. First direct comment on the case from a high-ranking Venezuelan official, who claims relatives of President Nicolas Maduro were ‘kidnapped’

You heard it here first: BCV is running out of hard assets. Financial statements prove the Venezuelan Central Bank is rojo rojito. As in, in the red.

A casual electoral prediction (election YV-5)

An Explosive Bag Of Doritos In Venezuela



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