Argentine president hospitalized for sprained ankle. Not sprained, fractured.
Not sure if this was before, or after she broke her ankle, but it’s the weird photo-op of the week: Argentina president adopts young Jewish boy as godson to prevent him from turning into werewolf
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchhner adopted Yair Tawil as her godson, due to an Argentine folktale that says the seventh born son in a family will turn into a werewolf, and eat unbaptized babies.
Spanish Tourists Spend the Most in Bolivia
Unlike other class actions, some of the company’s senior executives have also been named as defendants.
CHILE
Red Alert Due to Forest Fires Still in Effect for Chile’s Valparaiso Region
COLOMBIA
Colombia to Grow Faster Than Peers Even as Oil Tumbles
CUBA
The Geopolitics of U.S.-Cuba Relations
Americans back normalizing relations with Cuba, but has anyone examined the costs?
U.S. ending Cuban sanctions more proof of weakness, say Iranian media
TOP 10 LIES IN OBAMA’S CUBA SPEECH
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Dominican Charged in Scheme to Sell Massachusetts’ Driver Licenses to Illegal Aliens
ECUADOR
Boston Investment Company Sues Ecuador Over Bond Default
EL SALVADOR
Salvadorian Who Went Missing in War Reunites with Family 32 Years Later
GUATEMALA
The One Latin America Winner From U.S. Economic Boom: Currencies
Merry Christmas but Lest We Forget, MEXICO STILL MOURNS
NICARAGUA
I’m not the only skeptic: Doubts deepen over Chinese-backed Nicaragua canal as work starts
So far the company, the HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co Ltd, or HKND Group, of telecoms entrepreneur Wang Jing, has identified only $200 million in funding.
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Supporters point to Monday’s start as evidence that the plan is on schedule. But key feasibility studies on the canal have been pushed back to next April, and excavation work is not due to begin until the second half of next year.
PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rican Economic Activity Index Drops 2.1%
VENEZUELA
Diosdado’s Crocodile Tears
New York Times Op-Ed Scapegoats United States for Venezuela’s Ruin
Why checks and balances? Check out Venezuela today.
The week’s posts and podcast:
Venezuela: Leopoldo’s letter
Confirmed: US Sperm For Spies program
Nicaragua: Where’s the Canal money coming from?
Did Obama give in on Cuba so Uruguay would take 6 Gitmo alumni?
At Da Tech Guy Blog:
The Interview. Yes, The Interview
Last-minute shopping: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Podcast:
The Opening to Cuba: What do Cuban Americans Think?