For us not-fans, the World Cup drags on forever, but it’s only on its third week. The half-time verdict Expectations were low. They have been exceeded
“They installed a huge stage right in the middle of Copacabana beach to watch #CHI beat #BRA Is it possible..? Yes we can !!”
En plena playa de Copacabana se instalo gran escenario para ver como #CHI gana a #BRA Sera posible…? Si se puede !! pic.twitter.com/kKuZfdePH3
— Sábado Gigante (@SabadoGigante) June 28, 2014
ARGENTINA
Ruling Risks New Argentine Default as Monday Deadline Approaches
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. must return a $539 million deposit from Argentina intended for restructured bondholders, a U.S. judge ruled, calling the transfer an “explosive action” that disrupted potential settlement talks with holders of defaulted debt.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in New York has ruled that Argentina can’t pay holders of its restructured debt without also paying more than $1.5 billion to a group of defaulted bondholders, raising the possibility of a new default as the South American nation approaches a June 30 payment deadline.
Robert Cohen, a lawyer for hedge funds holding the defaulted debt, told Griesa that Argentina “defiantly and contemptuously” violated his court orders.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Central America Border Rush Fueled By Remittances
COLOMBIA
Pablo Escobar’s hippos: A growing problem. Jaime Bayly interviewed his former girlfriend. They did not talk about hippos:
COSTA RICA
StarTek leaves: Another US company closes operations in Costa Rica; 550 workers to lose jobs
CUBA
Amnesty International DOCUMENT – CUBA: FURTHER INFORMATION: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE AWAIT SENTENCING
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Vatican Defrocks Ambassador in Abuse Inquiry
The Vatican has defrocked its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, an archbishop from Poland who was accused of sexually abusing boys while he served as the pope’s representative in the Caribbean nation.
The former archbishop, Jozef Wesolowski, 65, is the first papal nuncio known to have been removed from the priesthood because of accusations of child sexual abuse.
IMMIGRATION
Blame Comprehensive Immigration Reform Advocates for the Border Meltdown
IMMIGRATION
Top Border Control Official: The US Is Now Part of the Smuggling Business
MEXICO
CARTEL MEMBERS AMBUSH FEDERAL POLICEMEN IN MEXICAN BORDER STATE
PANAMA
Panama pulls a Pontius Pilate move on Chong Chon Gang
PARAGUAY
Paraguay floods lead to evacuation of thousands
Rare Incan ‘Calculators’ Found in Peru
VENEZUELA
Let’s wiki-audit PDVSA
The week’s posts and podcast:
Argentina: Boudou’s voodoo may land him in the hoosgow
Venezuela: North Korea to open embassy in Caracas
En español: Terapia intensiva #213
Did you know the IRS employees are unionized?
Ecuador whines at the UN Human Rights Council
Bolivia reduces coca production
Brazil’s Odebrecht accused of slave labor
At Da Tech Guy Blog:
O’s foreign policy, Northern Triangle edition
Podcast:
US-Latin America stories of the week