American and Latin American Politics, Society, and Culture
Little known fact: Columbus Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1937, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) was president.
Earthcam will broadcast the NYC parade at 12pm ET. (see below)
UPDATE
Christopher Columbus XX: Hey America, my ancestor didn’t cause your failings H/T Instapundit.
Earthcam
Dr. Darsi Ferrer has been found dead in West Palm Beach, cause unknown.
I posted this on June 16, 2008,
On the same week that Chavez was supposedly telling the FARC to lay down their arms, Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo reported that Venezuelans of Arab ancestry are being recruited under the auspices of Tarek el Ayssami, Venezuela’s vice-Minister of the Interior, for combat training in Hezbollah camps in South Lebanon. Here is my translation.
That was then, this is now:
Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (Spanish pronunciation: [taˈɾek ˈsaiðan ˈel aisˈsami ˈmaða]; Arabic: طارق زيدان العيسمي مداح,[3] born 12 November 1974)[4] is a Venezuelan politician who has been Vice President of Venezuela since January 2017.
Remember last year’s Rio Olympics? Allegedly the Committee chief was the bag man:
Read my post Olympic-sized corruption: Sixteen bars of gold
Bolivia’s army in dispute with government over Che Guevara homage
A row has broken out in Bolivia between the government and army veterans over the 50th anniversary of the death of the Cuban revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara.
The Bolivian government is planning a series of commemorations next week in the presence of foreign guests.
A spokesman for the army veterans who fought Che’s forces said they would not take part in the official ceremonies.
They said they wanted to pay homage to the Bolivians who had died.
Maybe Evo Morales should invite the West Point grad instead.
Tropical Storm Nate rolled toward Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula after drenching Central America in rain that was blamed for at least 22 deaths, and forecasters said it could reach the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend.
The storm could reach Louisiana as a hurricane this weekend.
UPDATE
AM Costa Rica has photos h/t Old Timer
The mayor of San Juan, Carmen Yulin Cruz, has the T-Shirt Shack working a NASTY,
She didn’t have the guts to wear it in front of the POTUS,
but she waited until he left to bad-mouth him to open-borders advocate Jorge Ramos on Univision,
“Nasty woman” has become somewhat of a battle cry for women who oppose Trump, 71, ever since he used the term to describe Democratic rival Hillary Clintonduring the 2016 presidential election.
Ramos’s daughter worked for Hillary’s campaign. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
Related:
Leftist Mayor of San Juan Is New ‘Darling’ of Liberal Media
