The big news of the week: Venezuela is issuing passports, voter registrations, to Hezbollah and Syrians – actual, authentically government-issued yet fraudulent passports and voter registrations.
ARGENTINA
Housecleaning: “Mysterious” Fire Hits Argentine Ministry Of Finance, Destroys Years Of Prior Regime’s Files
NSFW: Grupos kirchneristas habrían “meado” la Catedral de Buenos Aires
BARBUDA
Robert DeNiro’s Caribbean Mega-Resort Met with Opposition from Locals
BOLIVIA
Russian Technical Commission to Plan Bolivia Nuke Project
CHILE
Chilean Public Employees to Strike
COLOMBIA
Police Seize over 600 Kilos of Cocaine in Southwestern Colombia, presumably from the FARC.
CUBA
Flood of Cuban “migrants” annoys Latin American neighbors
Assad and Castro Are Simply Glorified Terrorists
ECUADOR
Canada warned against getting entangled in the Chevron Shakedown
U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador: Who Is Todd Chapman?
EL SALVADOR
Targeting The Young: Gangs of El Salvador (Part 4)
IMMIGRATION
Number of Migrants Illegally Crossing Rio Grande Rises Sharply
Whistleblower: Many Unaccompanied Migrant Children Placed in Care of Criminals
JAMAICA
Jamaican lottery scammer to spend 20 years in US prison
LATIN AMERICA
Focusing on Latin America Is Essential in 2016
MEXICO
Houston-area former Marine released after being detained with children in Mexico
NICARAGUA
What did I tell you? $50bn Nicaragua canal postponed as Chinese tycoon’s fortunes falter. Environments concerns and Chinese stock market woes mean world’s biggest canal project will not begin for at least another year
PANAMA
Again, Panama canal expansion could suffer new delay – spokesman
VENEZUELA
Violence breaks out as election season gets going in Venezuela
- The country’s opposition reports five attacks, two at gunpoint, against its candidates
- Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned leader Leopoldo López, says her life is in danger
Reuters: In Venezuela, a tree named “Revolution” wilts from disease