Pope Francis is touring Ecuador, Bolivia – where the witches are protesting – and Paraguay, extolling the Bolivarian revolution’s idea of a “great motherland.”
What a guy.
Bolivia’s Adepcoca (Asociación Departamental de Productores de la Hoja de Coca i.e., Coca Leaf Growers’ Departamental Association) have prepared 20,000 bags of coca leaves to gift the people lining up from the airport to La Paz, giving new meaning to the term goodie bag.
You really can’t make up this stuff.
BOLIVIA
Tensions Rise In Bolivia As Indigenous Witches Prepare For The Pope’s Visit
BRAZIL
“Dilma in the back seat of a driverless car. Lovely metaphor for today’s Brazil.”
Dilma no banco traseiro de um carro sem motorista. Bela metáfora do Brasil atual. pic.twitter.com/PR7FRUOXRS
— Ricardo Amorim (@Ricamconsult) July 3, 2015
Calling Capt. Louis Renault, US ‘routinely spied’ on Brazil
Wikileaks says it has evidence that the United States has routinely spied on senior Brazilian government officials since 2011 or earlier.
Brazil Says Diplomatic Spat with U.S. is Over
COLOMBIA
Time to call the FARC’s bluff
Colombia’s peace process risks drifting to collapse
The president, whose hobbies include poker, now faces a choice. Call the FARC’s bluff by laying on the table a take-it-or-leave-it offer on justice—or risk the talks collapsing anyway in the cycle of retaliation. Burdened by disappointments in other areas, Mr Santos has staked his presidency on a peace agreement. But objectively it is the FARC’s negotiators who need it more. Return to war in Colombia, and sooner or later they will be killed.
“FARC & ELN commit crime together or coordinating, regardless of how the Govt may want to treat them:”
FARC y ELN delinquen juntos o coordinados, independiente del tratamiento que el Gbno quiera darles
— Álvaro Uribe Vélez (@AlvaroUribeVel) July 4, 2015
CUBA
No, Mr. President, Castroite Cuba Is Not What Change Looks Like
It's unacceptable and a slap in the face of a close ally that the United States will have an embassy in Havana before one in Jerusalem.
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 1, 2015
Optimist: US-Cuba Relations, A Race to the Bottom. But, in the End, Truth and Freedom Always Triumph
5 Questions Obama Must Answer About the Potential US Embassy in Cuba
Despite Obama, Business as Usual for Cuban Tyrants
ECUADOR
Mensaje de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa a Su Santidad
GUYANA
Maduro Denounces Guyana “Aggression” against Venezuela
IMMIGRATION
80% Of Central American Women, Girls Are Raped Crossing Into The U.S.
MEXICO
Mexican Police Recover Nearly 10,000 Stolen U.S. Visas
Mexico wants to tame disruptive teachers union
EXCLUSIVE: Illegal Who Confessed to Murdering Wife with Hammer Deported Four Times
NICARAGUA
Five Sentenced In $25M Medicare Fraud Involving Nicaragua, D.R.
PANAMA
Go.Away.Trump. Trump Fallout Continues: Panama Pulls Out of Miss Universe Pageant
PUERTO RICO
It is not in Gov. García Padilla’s interest to improve the economy – you can bank on that. Treasurer Admits Puerto Rico Can Pay Debts, Doesn’t Want To
“Shameful” Myth Diverts Attention from Need for Frugality
Puerto Rico’s Financial Crisis Is U.S.’ Crisis, Too
The Beeb starts to catch on, Puerto Rico: The Greece of the Caribbean?
Cuba and FARC, and their Sinister Presence in Venezuela
Tanta Pasión Por El Socialismo Y Para Ellos Solo Vales 15$ Al Mes
One year on, El Universal is fully “hegemonized”
The week’s posts and podcast
Happy Independence Day
On Independence Day, let’s thank Caesar
Ecuador: Sing along with Rafael
Today’s “WTH moment” courtesy of the NYT
Repeat, it is not in Gov. García Padilla’s interest to improve the economy – you can bank on that. Puerto Rico: A few thoughts on the economic crisis
What amnesty means to legal immigrants
Puerto Rico: Countdown to the Greecespot
Brazil: Dilma wants U.S. investment
Argentina: Buenos Aires closes Sunderland
Venezuela’s moola from the mullah: Iran’s new $500million credit line
Puerto Rico: the Greece of the Caribbean UPDATED
Podcast: “Che” & Walmart, US-Cuba embassies, Puerto Rico & US-Latin America issues
