NEED TO KNOW GUATEMALA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/a3903b60-311e-4a0e-bf52-eb48d15b410d.png"] Passing the Buck Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, whose term ends in January, is leaving behind a crisis for his successor. Demonstrators in recent days have taken to the streets to protest an agreement Morales reached with US President Donald Trump on July 26. The...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW PUERTO RICO [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/063757a9-3e72-4898-9223-e49792c70004.png"] Being Heard Puerto Rico was recently described as the world’s oldest colony. Now it’s the latest place where the people are fed up with their leaders. Recently, Puerto Ricans were banging pots and pans – a type of protest called a “cacerolazo,” after the...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW ARGENTINA [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/0fa8b6fd-0f1b-4593-a49c-c234f14a68af.png"] Lights Out A blackout struck Argentina in early June. Almost 50 million people in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay lost power in an area four times as large as Texas. A month later, officials told the Associated Press that “improper reprogramming” in a major transmission line...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW MEXICO [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/f356be79-e542-449d-b5af-3db13df342fd.png"] Bound Together Mexican officials recently sold luxury houses, including one with an escape tunnel, in an auction of property formerly owned by drug barons. The sales were part of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s push to generate extra revenue as he cuts...
Read full story →NEED TO KNOW DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [map url="https://gallery.mailchimp.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/ad966f80-19dc-4544-b116-f2348e83ec0a.png"] Paradise, Lost Four Americans died in the Dominican Republic last year, according to CBS News. At least 10 more have died this year. Others have suffered injuries during violent attacks. Bizarre sicknesses that cause heart attacks, septic shock and pneumonia have been involved...
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