#MarceloPecci , a Paraguayan prosecutor known for his work on high-profile anti-money laundering and anti-drug cases, was killed on the Colombian tourism island of Baru. I'm a bit puzzled that Pecci's wife Claudia was spared. She said they were approached by two men on a private beach near their hotel, and one of the men later shot Pecci.
Earlier blog:
May 20, 2022
Elon Musk will meet with Bolsonaro today in Brazil to discuss a potential partnership on rural connectivity and deforestation monitoring.
May 23, 2022
Easter Island, a special territory of Chile located over 2,000 miles from the Chilean coast, will re-open to tourism. Since the 2020 Covid outbreak island residents, have occasionally taken over its airport to stop flights from the mainland.
June 5, 2022
Five people were arrested in Medellin, Columbia for Pecci's murder according to Attorney General Francisco Barbosa
More details when those apprehended appear before a judge.
July 10, 2022
Juan Carlos Giordano, a socialist lawmaker in Argentina :
"Argentina is a capitalist semi-colony in the chains of the IMF. Today we are here to say we need a second independence. Argentina must break its ties with the IMF which is the Spanish Empire of the 21st century."
Really dude, your country took the IMF loans then mismanaged the money.
Four people accused of murdering Pecci, a high-profile Paraguayan prosecutor while he was on his honeymoon, each received 23 -year prison sentences.
Aug 3, 2022
The Nicaraguan government led by dictator Ortega ordered the closure on Monday of seven Catholic radio stations linked to a Bishop Rolando Alvarez. Nicaraguan telecommunications agency said the radio stations did not meet the technical requirements to be on air, but did not specify the requirements.
Aug 11, 2022
Joao Martins, the head of Brazil's powerful farm lobby, referred indirectly to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by declaring the country had no room for the return of a president who was jailed for corruption.
Sept 3, 2022
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, who has frequently criticized the left-leaning Argentine government, commented on the failed assassination attempt of lefty VP Cristina Fernández, who's facing a possible 12-year sentence for corruption
“I lament it, and there are people already trying to blame me for that problem,” ..... “It is good that the attacker didn’t know how to use a gun, otherwise he would have been successful. "
Sept 5, 2022
Congrats to Chileans who overwhelmingly voted against a proposed new constitution yesterday. 62% rejected what would have been one of the world's most progressive charters.
Sept 16, 2022
"Our flag will never be red!" — a jab at the colors of Lula's left-wing Workers' Party- by Bolsonaro' s supporters during a celebration of Brazil's 200 years of independence on September 7, 2022. Portugal officially recognized Brazilian independence on August 29, 1825.
This didn't happen often to European countries. When Spanish and Napoleonic forces threatened the security of continental Portugal in 1807, it moved its royal court from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro.
Oct 3, 2022
How about the pollsters who had Bolsonaro way behind in the polls? Since neither he nor Lula received above 50%, there will be a runoff election on Oct 30.
Nov 14, 2022
Tens of thousands of people packed the Mexican capital’s main boulevard in the largest demonstration against one of the president’s efforts during his nearly four years in office.
Nov 14, 2022
A massive turnout in Mexico City on Sunday to protest President Obrador’s proposal to overhaul the country’s electoral authority was a strong rebuke of his assertion that criticism comes only from a small, elite opposition. Many fear this is a power grab by Obrador.
Nov 26, 2022
Since my Dad worked at Domino Sugar from the 1950s to the 1980s, I check out stories on sugar imports. The Dominican Republic has decided to seek a solution to revoke the decision of the USA to suspend the importation of refined sugar and sugar products manufactured by the Central Romana Corporation. USA is claiming a number of violations, particularly withholding of wages.
Does the USA have proof? Where has the DR government been?
Dec 23, 2022
Gabriel Salinas was arrested on Tuesday at a routine checkpoint east of Venezuela's capital Caracas
He is accused of participating in the murder of Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered while on his honeymoon in May, 2022. I'm guessing one of the five men arrested in June for Pecci's murder gave the prosecutors Salinas' name.
April 19, 2023
and Bolsonaro was supposed to be the devil in Brazil. Biden's crew loves Lula da Silva, who just accused the USA of “encouraging war” while on a visit to China.
May 4, 2023
Peña, an economist, defeated Efraín Alegre, the Presidential candidate of the Concertación Nacional coalition who proposed dropping Paraguay's long-running ties with Taiwan.
July 2, 2023
Mexico's Govt blasts Florida's immigration law while ignoring its own problems and passing its problems onto others. People in glass houses__
Aug 23, 2023
Venezuela appeals to SCOTUS to limit Citgo auction. About 90% of these request fail.
Sept 3, 2023
Increases in taxes and utilities hurting biz in Venezuela. Sound familiar?
Oct 7, 2023
Six men suspected of involvement in the murder in August of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio were killed in a penitentiary in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Oct 27, 2023
Turf wars in Rio: Cops kill a crime boss so gangsters torch 35 buses.
The attacks on buses occurred in the west part of the city, where rival criminal groups are fighting for territorial control.
Nov 6, 2023
In Colombia, FARC, leftist guerrilla rebels, pulled out of peace talks with lefty Prez Petro claiming broken promises.
Petro is a former member of the M19 armed guerrilla movement.
NOV 15, 2023
Argentina: Neither Massa nor Milei, the Libertarian, collected over 45% of the votes or had a 10-point lead, so the runoff will be November 19.
Dec 7, 2023
Helicopter missing that was taking five senior Guyanese officers to inspect troops guarding the border. Bad weather rather than hostile fire from Venezuela.
Litigation is pending before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over where the region's borders should lie.in mineral- and oil-rich Essequibo region.
Caracas claims that the region has belonged to Venezuela since 1777, when the country was under Spanish rule, which began in 1522 and ended in 1811. Georgetown claims the correct border was defined by international arbitrators in 1899.
ExxonMobil discovered oil off the coast of Essequibo in 2015.
Dec 29, 2023
Royal Navy patrol vessel HMS Trent is visiting Guyana, and Maduro feels it breaches the "spirit" of an agreement. Oil Baby!
Disputes will be resolved in accordance with international law, but Maduro's government does not recognize the ICJ.
Jan 8, 2024
Take note: Cuba will reduce subsidies due to a lack of foreign currency.
Food subsidies will be cut, while prices for electricity, water and gasoline will rise.
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Jan 10, 2024
Gunmen stormed TC studio in Ecuador during a live broadcast. Peru declared an emergency along its border with Ecuador, and China closed its embassy temporarily. President Noboa named 22 gangs as terrorist organizations to be hunted by the military.
Feb 17, 2024
Pop singer Lali Esposito answers but doesn't rebut Milei's accusation that she took government $$ to give free concerts.
April 21, 2024
Edmundo Gonzalez, 74, is a former ambassador to Argentina and will be Maduro's opponent in July election. He's going to need more than luck.
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