Latin America

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Book-Burning, Trump’s Torchbearers & Reading Donald Duck

We thought the days of book-burning ended with the defeat of Hitler, but with Trump they might be back

Sint Maarten: Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the Maho Beach WebCam

PTZtv | Webcam video | – – “Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the MahoBeachCam.com camera located at AAA Rent-A-Car in St Maarten. We will rebuild!” Live footage as Hurricane Irma destroys Maho Beach Cam in St Maarten 9/6/2017 NB. I was in Sint Maarten in June, and here are two pictures of Maho Beach, […]

Latin America

Did Saudi ‘Cheap Oil’ Policy throw Venezuela into Crisis?

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Bulent Gökay | (The Conversation) | – – Venezuela is sinking ever deeper into a political and economic calamity. Inflation is above 700% and GDP is more than a third below 2013 levels. The country with the world’s largest proven oil reserves is now the world’s most indebted country – no other nation has a […]

Donald Trump

Transcript: Trump threatened Mexican Pres. over Paying for Wall

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TeleSur. | – – Trump told the Mexican leader that they were both in a bit of a political bind due to Trump’s campaign pledge to build a massive wall to prevent illegal immigration and have Mexico foot the bill, according to a transcript of a phone call shortly after Trump took office in January. […]

Authoritarianism

Resisting? 5 Lessons on Authoritarian Regimes from Latin America

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By Cheryl Duckworth | (Informed Comment) | – – Daily headlines suggest we could soon be experiencing a genuine constitutional crisis. We’ve learned that White House lawyers are exploring if the President can pardon himself and fire the Special Prosecutor looking into the Russia issue, so there is no better moment than now to consider […]

Cuba

What Trump looks like from Cuba …

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By Mattea Kramer | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I’ll tell you up front that my personal vehicle has crowns of rust on the rear wheel wells and an interior that smells vaguely of dog puke. It’s a 2006 Mazda3 with 150,244 miles on it and it gets me around my modest world well enough, […]

Cuba

What’s Cuba Really Like?

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H. Patricia Hynes | (Informed Comment) | – – What is Cuba like? Since visiting there recently, I have been asked this question hundreds of times and learned that every third person harbors a desire to visit there. Yes, there are iconic ‘57 Chevrolets, some in mint condition for taking tourists around Havana. But most […]

Climate Change

Climate Change: 5 Lessons the US Can Learn from Latin America

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By Geovanny Vicente Romero | (TeleSur) | – – Taking a look at Latin America can provide some low-budget guidance on making a difference with less. During the week of March 12, 2017, the Trump administration revealed details about its national budget proposals. Among the significant changes observed in this budget proposal were reducing the […]