Of all the odd news I’ve read in the past decade or so, the Mexican Nazi cheerleaders take the cake for crassness and ignorance (and I’m being kind), but they’re an example of the abysmal lack of history education in our hemisphere.
ARGENTINA
More contradictions: Nisman’s laptop not accessed after his death
BOLIVIA
Bolivia Urges OAS to Approve Declaration of Indigenous Rights after 18 Years
BRAZIL
Brazil $800m money laundering network broken up
CENTRAL AMERICA
CentAm aid cut back
CHILE
Chilean Teachers Vote to Continue Unlimited Strike
Next Phase of the US-Cuba Faustian Bargain Goes Unchecked by Congress
CUBA REPORT FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
ECUADOR
Ecuador Gets OPEC’s Support in Dispute with Chevron
Guatemalans Demand Resignation of President Accused of Corruption
GUYANA
Economic war (a real one)
HAITI
Time to dissolve the UN: UN peacekeepers ‘barter goods for sex’UN peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people in the countries the world body is meant to be helping, a draft UN report says.
HONDURAS
Wave of Protests Spreads to Scandal-Weary Honduras and Guatemala
JAMAICA
Despite doctor’s advice … J’CAN WOMEN RUSHING ‘VIRGIN SOAP’
PERU
Visa-Free: Peruvians, Colombians Can Pack Their Bags for the EUOld World Opens Up to 90-Day Visits
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico’s economy matters in the 2016 presidential race
SURINAME
Presidential pardonVoters overlooked Desi Bouterse’s dodgy past, hoping for a better future
VENEZUELA
Venezuela: Running on Fumes?
De genocidas y huelgas de hambre
Spain Brings Pain to Venezuela’s Leftists
"This image is not from a century ago, is not Cuba, nor the Soviet Union. It's Venezuela in search of food." https://t.co/dKE48tva39
— Fausta (@Fausta) June 9, 2015
The week’s posts:
Mexico: Springtime for Hitler
Cuba: Marielito blood on Fidel’s hands
Mexico: House Votes to Remove Country-of-Origin Labels on Meat Sold in U.S.
Ecuador: Hotlanta PR doesn’t come cheap
Cars: Private enterprise vs. government-owned
Venezuela: And now for the Iranian cars
2 en español: Lucio Gutierrez, Emili Blasco en el show de Bayly
There was an election in Mexico
Argentina: Cristina visits Francis, for the fifth time
Puerto Rico: Flaming June at the Frick
Venezuela: Maduro gets the [chicken?] flu
The week’s books: