The big news of the week: The announcement that the FARC and the Colombian government had finalized a peace agreement, which, from the looks of it, will not be signed by the president of Colombia or the FARC’s top leader.
Almost unnoticed: Iran’s LatAm tour.
ARGENTINA
Vile: Argentinian pupils wearing Nazi armbands attack Jewish students in ‘Mengele village’
#Iran #Argentina #Latinoamérica y #Nisman. Todo en una misma nota:https://t.co/ICO3IeTvbI
— Damian Pachter (@damianpachter) August 21, 2016
BOLIVIA
Bolivian miners lift roadblock after deputy minister beaten to death
How USA Today unraveled Ryan Lochte’s Rio drama; US swimmer Lochte ‘won’t respond’ to Brazil false claim charge. Cynics would say that Lochte provides a useful distraction.
CHILE
Chile’s pensions:The perils of not saving. A pioneering system, now in need of reform
COLOMBIA
Colombia’s opposition paints apocalyptic picture of post-conflict, for good reason.
CUBA
Iranian press gloats over Iran’s new Latrine sphere of influence
Captive Nations Presentation: Cuba, Human Rights and U.S. Policy
ECUADOR
Iran, Ecuador discuss ways to strengthen oil prices
When Clinton was secretary of state, donations from foreign governments to the Clinton Foundation correlated to large increases in weapons exports from the U.S. to the countries which donated. With Clinton’s help, Clinton Foundation donor Claudio Osorio won a $10 million loan in 2010 from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation meant to be used to build houses in Haiti. Corrupt Venezuelan banker Gonzalo Tirado hired Jonathan Mantz, a Clinton fundraiser, and made a donation to the Clinton Foundation in order to avoid being extradited to Venezuela.
MEXICO
Morelos: Mexican state buries over 100 people in mass grave, including torture victims
Of the 117 bodies found, 17 could not be identified as they were either too badly decomposed or because they had been decapitated or were missing other body parts. Four of the 84 showing signs of having suffered violent deaths had bullet holes in their skulls.
According to an investigation by Univision, Rivera asked Pierdant to pay her taxes on the property as “a favor between friends.”
An information request to the Miami-Dade County Tax Office revealed the actress actually hired two law firms to cover those taxes, including during the years of 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
PERU
Ayahuasca: a brain-altering chemical, rife with dangerous side-effects, taken in an isolated locations, what could possibly go wrong? Filipino tourist dies in hallucinogenic ritual in Peru.
PUERTO RICO
Last person out, please turn off the lights: Puerto Rico: An island’s exodus
ST. KITTS
ATIP docs for [Justin] Trudeau’s St. Kitts trip reveal undisclosed costs for “Tour Manager”
Not only were taxpayers on the hook for the costs of bringing the government-funded nanny—even though she didn’t appear on one version of the flight manifest—but also thousands of dollars for Trudeau’s tour manager to tag along, even though it wasn’t an official trip of any kind.
URUGUAY
Not very high times: Weeks From Selling Pot, Uruguay Producer Sees Future in Hemp
Weeks before selling its first ounce of pot at pharmacies, International Cannabis Corp. is already betting that hemp – a variety of cannabis – will be a much bigger market than selling the psychoactive part of the plant, according to Chief Executive Officer Guillermo Delmonte. Hemp and its extracts can be used in food, cosmetics and medicine
VENEZUELA
American Joshua Holt now a political prisoner in Venezuela
Venezuela ex-mayor Ceballos sent to prison from house arrest
Venezuela’s Inflation Rate Now Approaching Lunacy Levels
FARC soon to a Venezuelan arepera near you