Merry Christmas to all visitors! Here’s the Carnival,
Argentina Needs to Leave Tradition Behind
BOLIVIA
Disappearance of Bolivia’s 2nd Largest Lake Declared a Natural Disaster
BRAZIL
Scary signal: Brazil’s worrying change of finance ministers. Joaquim Levy’s resignation is reason for alarm. Calling Capt. Louis Renault,
That change is likely to make a terrible situation worse. It suggests that Mr Levy lost an argument within the government about whether austerity is the right cure for Brazil’s sickly economy, and that he lost it not because his economic remedy was wrong but because it was politically unpalatable.
Market Shudders As Brazil Risks “Succumbing To Fiscal Populism” With New FinMin
CARIBBEAN
Canada’s War on Drugs in the Caribbean Had a Very Good Year
COLOMBIA
UAE sending Colombian mercenaries to Yemen: sources
COSTA RICA
Switzerland extradites Costa Rica ex-football chief to US
Mr Li is one of seven officials with Fifa, world football’s governing body, who were arrested in Zurich in May, amid a huge corruption investigation.
CUBA
Must-Watch: What Happens to Cuban ‘Entrepreneurs’ Who Aren’t Subservient
ECUADOR
Chevron: surviving in the new world of low oil prices and nuisance law suits
Ecuador Makes History With $650 Million Payment to Bondholders
IMMIGRATION
Open-borders money backs Marco Rubio
LATIN AMERICA
Iran Taking Over Latin America
JAMAICA
The quest for leadership in Jamaica
MEXICO
Mexican Judges Release 9 Cops Convicted of Working with Los Zetas Cartel
U.S. Consulate Warns Americans Traveling to Mexico During Holidays
New traffic laws in the DF,
PUERTO RICO
Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle for Puerto Rico’s Future
Some warn that Puerto Rico could be a test case for the rest of the country, paving the way for troubled states like Illinois to escape unsustainable debts.
Stephen J. Spencer, a restructuring expert representing Puerto Rico bondholders including some hedge funds, said letting the government renege on agreements with hedge funds and other investors would set a dangerous precedent, undermining the integrity of the bond market.
“It’s really a wealth transfer from the bondholders to the municipalities,” Mr. Spencer said.
The bondholders include large numbers of retirees.
VENEZUELA
Roberto Rincon arrested in Houston for money laundering