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September 16, 2016 By Fausta

Mexico may be paying for the wall

Mexico may be paying for the wall – on the country’s southern border, that is:
According to the Daily Mail, Now Mexico wants to build a border wall with Central America to keep out illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala

– Mexicans are calling for the border wall to keep out Guatemalans, Salvadorans and Hondurans fleeing violence
– They complain ‘hordes’ of immigrants are flooding the country on the way to the US – who then deport them back to Mexico
– Mexican newspaper El Mañana published article: ‘Yes to the Border Wall … but in Mexico’s South’

The op-ed in Tamaulipas’ El Mañana, Sí al muro fronterizo… Pero en el sur de México [‘Yes to the Border Wall … but in Mexico’s South’] starts by saying,

En el sur sureste México tiene dos fronteras: una con Guatemala y la otra con Belice que no le arrojan ningún beneficio, por el contrario, sólo problemas le ocasionan porque esos cruces son utilizados para una nueva invasión: la de los centroamericanos que utilizan nuestro país para cruzar a Estados Unidos.

[My translation] There are two borders in South-South East Mexico: One with Guatemala and one with Belize, neither of which brings any benefits, to the contrary, they only bring problems since those crossings are used for a new invasion: Central Americans who use our country to cross to the United States.

Sounds like Hillary’s going to need a bigger basket of deplorables.

But I digress.

The Daily Mail reports,

The UN estimates 400,000 Central Americans cross illegally into Mexico each year.

As many as half are fleeing violence and gangs in their home countries yet most immigrants are eventually deported back home. Mexico deported 175,000 Central Americans last year – a 68 per cent increase from 2014.

That was the same year that the Central American refugee crisis hit headlines when thousands of migrant children arrived without their families at the US border.

The US has sent $75million for equipment and training to Mexico to help with the crackdown on immigrants, according to the Times.

The idea of a southern border wall in Mexico has been floated over the years, especially as gang activity increases. Last July satyrical journal El BoVocero carried an article calling for a wall on the Guatemala border, and, like Trump, demanded that Guatemala pay for it.

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September 14, 2016 By Fausta

Salvadoran Maras in Spain

El País reports, Police arrest Mara 18 leader tasked with starting gang activity in Spain. Man known as ‘The Mexican’ detained while setting up extortion, kidnapping and trafficking ring

Spain’s National Police force has arrested a man known as ‘The Mexican’ on suspicion of being one of the leaders of the international criminal organization known as Mara 18. He is thought to have been tasked with starting a new chapter of the violent gang in Spain.

I was rather confused over the headline, since I remembered reading that Mara 13 were rivals of Barrio 18.

Th always valuable InSight Crime clarifies,

Barrio 18 and MS13 are concentrated in the Northern Triangle region ofHonduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and they also have a presence throughout much of the rest of Central America, as well as Mexico and the United States. Nonetheless, the extent of the gangs’ transnational ties remains an open question, as the links between the different branches areoften highly tenuous.

The presence of Central American-based gangs in Europe is not a new phenomenon; both the MS13 and Barrio 18 have had a presence in Italy since the mid-2000s. There is increasing evidence, however, that the gang members in Europe are taking orders from Central American bosses. In addition to the recent case involving Mexicano, the gang members arrested in 2014 in Spain were reportedly Salvadorans sent overseas to build up MS13 operations in the country.

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August 1, 2016 By Fausta

The post-conventions Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

The RNC and the DNC had their conventions in two consecutive weeks, and after their monopolizing media attention, we’re glad they are over.

Almost unnoticed, however, was the story of the Syrian terrorist released from Guantanamo to Uruguay, who supposedly needs crutches to get around, was missing for several weeks, to eventually turn up some 4,600 miles away from Montevideo (a little under the distance from New York to Moscow), in Venezuela, of all places, just so he can petition the Uruguayan consulate – which he could do in Montevideo – to “ask for assistance to fly to Turkey or some other country to be reunited with his family.” Which gave him plenty of time to do all sorts of things.

ARGENTINA
New species of dinosaur discovered in Argentina

BOLIVIA
Bolivia’s president isn’t lowering his sights despite a scandal worthy of a telenovela

Record-setting dinosaur footprint discovered in Bolivia

BRAZIL
Brazil’s Lula faces trial over Petrobras

Four terror suspects ‘tried to travel to Brazil for Olympics’

Rio’s ‘wall of shame’ between its ghettos and shiny Olympic image

Rio 2016: Athletes warned to keep mouths closed while in faeces-infested water. All efforts by the government to clean the Rio waters seem to have failed

Stelberto Soares, a municipal engineer who has worked on Rio sanitation issues for decades, said that the government’s efforts to clean the waters were superficial at best.

“They can try to block big items like sofas and dead bodies, but these rivers are pure sludge,” he said, “so the bacteria and viruses are going to just pass through.”

Headlines from Drudge:

Brazil Preps for Olympics With Warships, Troops…

Athletes told ‘keep mouths closed’ in feces-infested water…

Rio Murders Rise…

Muslim female athletes compete while covered…

Fire in Olympic Village…

CHILE
Watch Chilean police bust $12 million worth of cocaine that was headed to Europe

15 Reasons To Put Chile On The Top Of Your Travel List

COLOMBIA
Colombian Courts Greenlight Controversial FARC Peace Referendum. Colombia’s Constitutional Court Issues Regulations for Yes/No Vote on Guerilla Peace Talks

The FARC made them an offer they couldn’t refuse: Colombia Indian Community Made Peace with FARC 20 Years before the Government

Colombia Town Anxious Ahead of Peace Plan's Experiment in Coca Substitution

Colombia Town Anxious Ahead of Peace Plan’s Experiment in Coca Substitution

En #elBrief: Los niños-esclavo de las FARC. Enterrados como perros en la selva: https://t.co/hSbhHem68d #Colombia pic.twitter.com/8Ln4Hz8duD

— Actuall (@actuallcom) July 28, 2016

CUBA
Military and family remittances, a well-kept secret

ECUADOR
Everything You Need to Know About the DNC’s WikiLeaks Scandal. Emails Released by Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Reveals Democratic FoulPlay During Primary Season

Ecuador Ends One Chevron Battle. What Does It Mean for the War?

GUATEMALA
Who Killed Guatemala’s Prison ‘King’ Byron Lima? (Part I)

MEXICO
Rafael Caro Quintero, Fugitive godfather of Mexico’s drug trade speaks out from hiding to deny he is back in business

Criminal Groups Benefit from Mexico’s Crackdown on Migrants

NICARAGUA
Nicaragua Electoral Authority Unseats Opposition Lawmakers

Nicaragua’s top electoral authority decimated the country’s political opposition on Friday by unseating practically all of its remaining lawmakers in congress as President Daniel Ortega prepares to seek a third term.

The Supreme Electoral Council ousted 16 opposition legislators from the Liberal Independent Party and its ally the Sandinista Renovation Movement Friday for not recognizing their officially sanctioned leader. That leader, Pedro Reyes, had recently been given that authority by the Supreme Court, which removed the opposition party’s previous leader following a long-running political dispute. Reyes is seen by some within his own party as a tool of Ortega.

PANAMA
First LNG Carrier Transits the Expanded Panama Canal

PARAGUAY
Brazilian Drug Lord Found Serving Time in Paraguay Prison ‘VIP’ Suite

PERU
Peru’s new president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski sworn in

PUERTO RICO
CDC: Zika could affect 10000 pregnancies in Puerto Rico by year’s end

More Defaults Likely to Come: What Puerto Rico Owes on Aug. 1
– Sales-tax payment of $256 million expected to be made
– Island owes $1.3 million of interest on general obligations

The commonwealth and its agencies owe about $346 million in bond payments on Aug. 1, most of which goes toward repaying sales-tax supported debt. The deadline follows the island’s July 1 default on nearly $1 billion of principal and interest, the largest such payment failure in the history of the $3.7 trillion municipal bond market.

URUGUAY
Uruguay Formally Ends its Presidency of Mercosur Trade Bloc

VENEZUELA
NO ARRIVALS: THE VISIBLE ISOLATION OF CARACAS

Chavistas Demand That Venezuelan Legislature Be Outlawed

From Socialist Utopia To Slave-Nation – Venezuela Unveils Shocking “Forced Labor” Law

Venezuela’s new decree



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June 20, 2016 By Fausta

The impending disaster Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

There’s always an impending disaster. In the case of the Rio Olympics, it looks more likely than most.

ARGENTINA
Argentina gripped by mystery: the ex-minister, a convent and bundles of cash. Ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the church face tricky questions after José López was found trying to stash $8.9m in cash at a nunnery at 4am. Cristina says she doesn’t know who gave him the money:

El dinero que Lopez tenia en su poder alguien se lo dio. Y no fui yo. Ni ninguno de los miles de militantes q integran este espacio político

— Cristina Kirchner (@CFKArgentina) June 17, 2016

BOLIVIA
Why Bolivia turned away Bill Gates’ chicken donation. It’s about more than a few ruffled feathers

BRAZIL
Brazil ‘mass rape’ video: Seven suspects to be charged

Brazil’s Rio state declares financial disaster before Games

New Plan to Fix Brazil’s Royal Mess: Restore the Monarchy. How did that work out the first time?

Brazil Gets Worst Possible Resignation On Eve Of Olympics

Brazil President Michel Temer Says Graft Claims Are ‘Lies’

CHILE
Chile’s government, in major defeat, will cease work on key labor reform

The reform, aimed at strengthening organized labor in the South American country, was initially passed by the Senate in March after a bruising battle that opened divisions within the governing Nueva Mayoria coalition.

But Chile’s Constitutional Tribunal in April rejected a provision of the bill that said companies could only negotiate with legally designated unions during collective wage talks.

It also struck part of a measure that prohibited companies from extending many benefits to non-unionized employees.

COLOMBIA
Colombian President Threatens Bloodshed if FARC Peace Deal Fails. Critics Claims Juan Manuel Santos Has Become Too Close with Guerrilla Leaders

Colombia’s pilot crop substitution program to begin on July 10

On the one hand, Colombia sheds cocaine capital image as economy grows

On the other hand,

Colombia nadando en cocaína x culpa del desgobierno y #SantosNosAnunciaGuerra si no se aprueba su acuerdo impunidad pic.twitter.com/HFQLYYrOm3

— Honorio Henriquez (@honohenriquez) June 17, 2016

World Economic Forum in Medellin, Colombia

CUBA
FedEx Downsizes Cuba Ambitions in Amended Flight Request

Stonegate Bank is Breaking the Law by issuing a credit card for use in Cuba.

“Check it out, Mildred!” Rejoice, Cubans, Rejoice! Hark, Hark! Dolce & Gabbana coming soon to the historic center of Old Havana!

GUATEMALA
Guatemala ex-president and deputy face fresh corruption charges

JAMAICA
IMF approves US$80-m disbursement for Jamaica. From the IMF statement,

Jamaica’s economic reform programme supported by the fund’s Extended Fund Facility has made major strides in restoring macroeconomic stability, pursuing fiscal consolidation, reducing public debt and undertaking significant tax policy reforms, building financial sector resilience, and tackling structural issues.

MEXICO
Mexican minister says ties with Canada could strengthen if Trump elected

PANAMA
Panama Papers awarded Investigation of the Year

‘Panama Papers’ firm demands prosecution of suspect in Switzerland

PARAGUAY
Killing of Mysterious Figure Part of Larger Narco War in Paraguay?

PERU
Mrs. Ollanta Humala, Peru: first lady banned from going abroad (emphasis added)

A judge in Peru has banned First Lady Nadine Heredia from leaving the country while she’s investigated for allegedly hiding undeclared campaign contributions. The order handed down Thursday night prevents Heredia from travelling [sic] abroad for four months, as her husband, centrist President Ollanta Humala, leaves office in July.

Heredia has been dogged for years by accusations that she hid large contributions from socialist Venezuela that funded her husband’s 2006 and 2011 campaigns.

PUERTO RICO
Orlando shooting victim’s death takes a toll on Puerto Rico town

Puerto Rico could see hundreds with Zika birth defects, CDC says

URUGUAY
Uruguay: ex-Guantanamo detainee traveled legally to Brazil. He gets around.

VENEZUELA
Beautiful essay: The Last Flight



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March 28, 2016 By Fausta

The Rolling Stones Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

The weekend’s top story: Lots of dollars, and fifty years late, the Cuban communist regime finally allowed the now septuagenarians Stones to play in the island-prison, while still persecuting the local rockers. As expected, it was largely attended by foreigners who could cough up the admission price.

ARGENTINA
Can Mauricio Macri Save Argentina’s Economy? With Obama’s trip offering new access to international markets, Argentina’s new president will have to be tough to survive the bold reforms he seeks.

Macri’s macroeconomic challenges are vast, however, and success will depend on his administration’s ability to curb a 5.4 percent GDP budget deficit (the biggest since 1982), temper soaring inflation (current annual levels are about 36 percent), and stimulate economic growth. But necessary fiscal and monetary tightening could actually hurt economic improvement in the near term, risking the government’s ability to pay for the costs of implementing longer-term reforms. Already, Argentina’s economy is set to contract 1 percent this year.

Crying in Argentina update: false number of “dictatorship” victims exposed

Nisman Case to Be Investigated as Political Murder, Argentine Court Rules

Nobody promotes freedom abroad like Obama! ‘Decide what works’ between communism, socialism or capitalism and go with it Also at Gay Patriot.

OBAMA ON FREEDOM VS. TOTALITARIANISM — WHATEVER WORKS

Video of the whole speech (41:00 for capitalism vs, communism),

Barack Obama is to tango what Yogi Berra was to water polo.

BOLIVIA
Bolivian State Threatens to Close Down over 500 Radio Stations. Decree by President Morales Hinders Renewal of Licenses

Gabriela Zapata es presa política, dice su abogado. ICYMI: Bolivia Arrests President’s Former Mistress

BRAZIL
Brazil Economic Woes Deepen Amid Political Crisis. Country is heading for one of its worst recessions ever, yet its political straits draw all the attention

Brazil’s Rousseff slams ‘fascist’ attempts to oust her. Brazilian president says in newspaper interview her removal would be a coup

CHILE
Harvest time begins at Latin America’s largest marijuana farm. The pioneering plantation in southern Chile produces about 1.5 tons a year for medical use

Chile’s Future: On the World Stage. What can Chile’s Santiago a Mil festival tell us about the country?

COLOMBIA
“Army searches for explosives buried by the FARC in the areas surrounding schools in Baraya, Huila. More information at 12:30PM”

Buscan explosivos sembrados por las Farc en alrededores de escuelas en Baraya, Huila. Más información a las 12:30pm.https://t.co/ZLH6pD43Tl

— Noticias RCN (@NoticiasRCN) March 24, 2016

CUBA
Dissidents’ Delight? New York Times Heaps Praise on Obama, Its Man in Havana

ABC’s Muir Wonders to Obama: Does Castro ‘Have a Point’ Criticizing U.S. for No Universal Healthcare?

ECUADOR
Ecuador Plans to Hike Taxes on Cigarettes, Alcohol and Soft Drinks

GUATEMALA
Guatemala’s CICIG: An Experiment in Motion Gets a Report Card. Two recent reports on Guatemala’s CICIG illustrate the international’s body’s potential to affect powerful shifts in the status quo, as well as its broad limitations.

HONDURAS
Residents Flee Honduran Capital Neighborhood after Gang Threats

MEXICO
How Mexico Awarded $30 Million to Juárez Cartel Operator. A former executive of the Bank of Mexico received government contracts worth over $30 million despite his conviction years earlier of being a financial operator for the Juárez Cartel.

Turning the tables: Mexicans Should Reject Trump’s Populism at Home. Bravado, Victimization, Nationalism All Belong to Mexico’s Political History

Mexican ex-president posts video attacking Trump over planned wall“. Running a business does not mean having the leadership to run a nation,” Fox tells mogul. May I remind you, Under Mexican law, illegal immigration is a felony.

NICARAGUA
As Venezuela Falters, So Too Will Nicaragua

PANAMA
Panama: The Next Big Country for Latin American Films? An exponential surge in the quantity and quality of films has come out of Latin America over the past few years

PERU
Peru’s Electoral Jury Rejects Barring Presidential Candidate Keiko Fujimori

PUERTO RICO
Plan to Rescue Puerto Rico Advances, Led by House Republicans (emphasis added)

The plan, being drafted as legislation by House Republicans, would not grant Puerto Rico’s most fervent request: permission to restructure its entire $72 billion debt in bankruptcy. It would, however, give the island certain crucial tools that bankruptcy proceedings can offer — but only if it first comes under close federal oversight and meets other conditions.

VENEZUELA
Inside Venezuela’s ‘top children’s medical unit’ where patients are dying. Quality health care for everyone in Venezuela was one of the great promises of the revolution but even in the best equipped paediatric unit, there’s a shortage of drugs and medical supplies

Lying about Margarita. Sumito Estévez wants to persuade you Margarita is a swell place to vacation in 2016. In doing so, he makes himself an accomplice to an outright swindle.



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Filed Under: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Carnival of Latin America, Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, FARC, Guatemala, Honduras, Latin America, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela Tagged With: Dilma Rousseff, Fausta' blog, Gabriela Zapata, Keiko Fujimori

February 29, 2016 By Fausta

The leap year Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

ARGENTINA
Judge Calls on Ex-Argentine President Kirchner to Testify in Derivatives Case. Request comes as part of probe into allegations central bank sold dollar futures contracts at artificial lows

BOLIVIA
LATIN LEFTY MELTDOWN: Bolivians Reject Evo Morales’s Bid to Lift Term Limits

Gabriela Zapata: Bolivian leader’s former lover arrested.A former lover of Bolivian President Evo Morales is arrested as part of an inquiry into alleged corruption involving government contracts.

BRAZIL
Brazil-Europe undersea cable to hide web traffic from US snooping

CHILE
Argentina and Chile after friendly settlement over extradition of former guerrilla

Argentina will seek a friendly settlement with Chile regarding the long-standing bilateral conflict over the extradition of Galvarino Apablaza before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Apablaza is accused of involvement in the murder of a conservative Senator and kidnapping of a newspaper executive.

COLOMBIA
Colombia Police Director Resigns Amid Prostitution Scandal

CUBA
Halliburton Fined for Cuba Sanctions Violations that took place in 2011

Must-Watch: Kerry Woefully Uninformed, Can’t Name Human Rights Improvement in Cuba

ECUADOR

Who is responsible for the current environmental and social conditions in Ecuador's Amazon?https://t.co/Va0FS4yXG7

— The Amazon Post (@AmazonPost) February 24, 2016

GUATEMALA
Guatemala military sentenced for rape

JAMAICA
Bad idea: Woman arrested at JFK for smuggling half pound of cocaine in vagina from Jamaica (h/t Ed Driscoll)

LATIN AMERICA
Point: Central America’s Gangs are More Dangerous Than Ever
Counterpoint: International Terror and the Gangs of Douglas Farah

MEXICO
What Drives Crime in Mexico City’s Most Dangerous Areas?

PANAMA
Snubbing Malta for Panama secrecy

PERU
Peruvian President Investigated in Brazil Petrobras Probe

The 44-page federal police report dated Feb. 5 now moves the sprawling corruption probe beyond Brazil’s borders, saying investigators suspect Humala received $3 million in bribes from the large Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in exchange for contracts in Peru.

PUERTO RICO
With CDC Help, Puerto Rico Aims To Get Ahead Of Zika

URUGUAY
Uruguay VP Admits He Faked College Degree. Contrary to Official Documents, Interviews, Raúl Sendic Does Not Hold Bachelor’s Degree from University of Havana

VENEZUELA
Venezuela puts off default by shipping tons of gold to Switzerland

Dollar Today: U.S. Court Dismisses Venezuela’s Case Against Currency Website. Venezuela has seven days to amend its case

Now revealed that Odebrecht also illegally funded Hugo Chavez. Hear that, @MiamiDadeCounty? https://t.co/SRPUhCmAvn

— CapitolHillCubans (@CapitolCubans) February 26, 2016



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January 25, 2016 By Fausta

The January blizzard Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean

Mid-Atlantic and North Eastern states are digging out from the snow, while the Southern Hemisphere enjoys its summer.

Just as they do every year.

Here are the week’s headlines:

ARGENTINA:
Macri at Davos: For the first time in a decade, an Argentine president visits the World Economic Forum. Argentina Eyes $20 Billion in Investment in 2016, Macri Says

BOLIVIA:
Evo Morales celebrates 10 years in powerThe president will be remembered as the country’s first indigenous head of state

BRAZIL
Another Capt. Louis Renault moment: Brazil’s Former President Defends His Handpicked Successor, and Himself. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vows to preserve legacy of Workers’ Party, credited for taking millions out of poverty

CHILE
Chile losing ground as top copper producer as metal price in the pits

COLOMBIA
A new plan for Colombia: Juan Manuel Santos seeks support for peace in Washington. I’ll be very surprised if Uribe shows up,

All being well, the talks will culminate in an agreement by March 23rd, and the FARC’s demobilisation. So it is appropriate that Barack Obama has invited Messrs Santos, Uribe and Pastrana to Washington on February 4th to commemorate “15 years of bipartisan co-operation through Plan Colombia”, along with George W. Bush and Mr Clinton. Mr Pastrana, a largely forgotten figure, was quick to accept. The election campaign in the United States may make it hard for Messrs Bush and Clinton to do so. According to Semana, a newsweekly, Mr Uribe, too, may stay away, vitiating one of the meeting’s tacit aims—to shore up bipartisanship in Colombia

Bomb Sniffing Dog Dies but Saves 30 Soldiers in Colombia

CUBA
Without Free Speech, Cuba Remains Trapped in Totalitarian Unanimity. A Simple Compromise Can Satisfy All Sides of the Embargo Debate

ECUADOR

Zika virus: women in Colombia, Ecuador and El Salvador advised to postpone pregnancy

Recommendation made by countries’ health ministers after sharp increase in babies born with brain defects in Brazil as US extends travel warning for pregnant women

GUANTANAMO
Tariq Mahmoud Ahmed al Sawah: Obama releases top al Qaeda explosives expert from Guantanamo
HAITI
Haiti elections postponed a third time

GUATEMALA
11 Guatemalan Soldiers Indicted for Disappearances of 558 Indigenous People

MEXICO
Murders Jumped 8.7% in Mexico in 2015; First Increase Since 2011. Statistics seen as a blow to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s efforts to contain crime

Thousands of Americans Losing Jobs as Factories Shutter, Move to Mexico

A cry from Tamaulipas, Mexico: Life in a Militarized State

Lucero Sanchez: ‘El Chapo’ Mexico: Regional lawmaker quizzed over ‘jail visit’

PANAMA
Panama Canal sets sights on transshipment tied to new locks

PARAGUAY
The world’s fastest-growing tourist destinations revealed: Paraguay, Tajikistan and Iceland named as new hot spots

  • Paraguay took home the number one spot after almost doubling tourism numbers and welcoming 1.28million guests
  • United Nations World Travel Organisation released the list revealing where tourism levels rose fastest in 2015
  • The countries making up the top 17 include the Seychelles, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, Japan, Niue and Colombia

PERU
Archaeologists find remains of women sacrificed 1,000 years ago in Peru

PUERTO RICO
Some days Capt. Louis Renault works overtime:
Talks to Restructure Puerto Rico Power Company’s Debt Collapse

The creditors blamed the utility, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or Prepa, for the collapse of the talks, saying its officials had decided to let an expiration date pass without taking action. Prepa is one of the largest single issuers of Puerto Rico’s $72 billion debt, most of it in the form of municipal bonds.

URUGUAY
Omar Abdelahdi Faraj: AP source: Ex-Guantánamo detainee arrested in domestic violence case in Uruguay. The captive was freed to Uruguay in December 2014

Guess Which South American Nation Is More Democratic than the U.S. Uruguay Is Latin America’s Lone Bright Spot; Haiti, Cuba the Most Authoritarian

VENEZUELA
Fears of Venezuela Default Grow Amid Oil Plunge. The plunge in the price of oil is causing more investors to bet that Venezuela will default on its $120 billion pile of foreign debt, an event that would trigger a messy battle over the country’s oil shipments and deepen its economic and political crisis.

Vile: Venezuelan prison authorities strip-search both wife and mother of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez. Leopoldo Lopez’s wife and mother have been strip-searched on entry to a Venezuelan prison



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October 28, 2015 By Fausta

Three elections this week you probably missed

The consequences for democracy in our hemisphere will resonate for decades to come.

Read about the Three elections this week you probably missed

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