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April 09, 2021

Change, Deferred

NEED TO KNOW CHILE [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/baed026e-8c02-42fc-8c27-383b8bf87a6c.png"] Change, Deferred The coronavirus has forced many people to shelve their plans. In Chile, the pandemic is preventing officials from rewriting their constitution, which was created in 1980 under dictator Augusto Pinochet. As Agence France-Presse reported, Chilean President Sebastian Pinera recently proposed delaying an election...

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March 29, 2021

Uncle Porky and the Spoilers

NEED TO KNOW PERU [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/7d13971f-19d8-4bc2-ac9e-119d2f349be4.png"] Uncle Porky and the Spoilers Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned three years ago over allegations of bribery and corruption. Last year, Peruvian lawmakers impeached his successor, President Martín Vizcarra, for botching his country’s coronavirus response and, again, bribery allegations. Former Congressional Speaker...

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March 17, 2021

The Ties That Bind

NEED TO KNOW CURAÇAO [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/dc6af378-cf5a-40a1-afd0-6965908c1d12.png"] The Ties That Bind The Dutch islands of the Caribbean are working hard to make it easier for tourists to vacation on their sunny shores. As CNN wrote, Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten – former Dutch colonies that are now “constituent countries” of the...

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March 09, 2021

‘Disappearance’: The Noun, The Weapon

NEED TO KNOW MEXICO [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/fcd100e2-d1bb-4cd7-b9f4-53a07a70e41c.png"] 'Disappearance': The Noun, The Weapon Mexicans uncover on average two clandestine graves a day. They often belong to some of the 79,000 people who have disappeared in Mexico since 2006. “It’s the worst crisis of the disappeared in Latin America since the Cold...

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March 02, 2021

The Color of Pride

NEED TO KNOW BRAZIL [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/b4df2610-e790-44f6-bec1-f859c705ae8b.png"] The Color of Pride Brazilians of African descent became the majority racial group in their country almost a decade ago. Today, many refer to Brazil as a “post-racial” society. There is a tradition of elites encouraging folks of different skin tones to intermarry, for...

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February 25, 2021

A New Kind of Ugly

NEED TO KNOW EL SALVADOR [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/9d16e98f-6fe6-4329-b9c8-47184d56b2ce.png"] A New Kind of Ugly It's possible that El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele came to Washington, DC recently to meet with the new American president. If true, then President Joe Biden snubbed him. So far, it's just speculation. As the story goes, Biden refused...

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February 19, 2021

Eras New and Old

NEED TO KNOW HAITI [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/49e3c059-ec02-49d2-b8d4-2a7e10c83ff3.png"] Eras New and Old One of the poorest countries in the world, Haiti, is embroiled in a new political crisis. Protesters recently marched down the streets of the capital, Port-au-Prince, chanting “Down with kidnapping! Down with the police!” They threw rocks at security forces,...

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February 16, 2021

Health and Wealth

NEED TO KNOW TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/0260892f-6ad1-4644-95e3-72b64405f716.png"] Health and Wealth Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, who runs the British overseas territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands, recently became the first in her nation to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. "We want the people of these Islands not to be consumed...

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February 03, 2021

Rescue Us

NEED TO KNOW ECUADOR [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/7dbfcec9-d17b-43ce-97b7-0ce48bb12d1f.png"] Rescue Us Ecuadorans hope whoever wins their upcoming presidential election will throw them a lifeline. That's because in 2020, Ecuador’s economy shrunk by 11 percent, wrote Bloomberg. Covid-19 and lockdowns were mostly to blame for the pain. But policy was also a culprit. In September,...

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January 29, 2021

Intolerable Brutality

NEED TO KNOW CUBA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/934b8716-56c1-487d-ba72-11a855fa10c6.png"] Intolerable Brutality Outrage and social media are fueling a popular uprising against the government’s power in Cuba. Late last year, Cuban police arrested the rapper Denis Solís. It was not the first time officials had seized a free thinker in the communist country. But...

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January 27, 2021

Respect Who’s First

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] Respect Who’s First If confirmed as US Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland will become the first Native American to join an American president’s cabinet. A member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Haaland would oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which...

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January 21, 2021

Bearded Wisdom

NEED TO KNOW CANADA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/c7ee49a6-d768-4bd1-93d6-b44b086c3c21.png"] Bearded Wisdom Where the US and Canada meet has long been celebrated as the longest unguarded border in the world. Lately, it is the longest closed unguarded border in the world. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced that Canada would keep the border closed...

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January 20, 2021

Trouble Spots

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/7bf1dfdd-1448-4216-ab8f-a4c7bd3b6e0e.png"] Trouble Spots Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is putting together a team of defense officials, security experts and diplomats in anticipation of his first talks with President Joseph Biden about Iran’s nuclear program, according to the Times of Israel. President Donald Trump pulled the US...

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January 18, 2021

New Guard, Old Challenges

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] New Guard, Old Challenges Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev recently wrote that President Donald Trump has made a “laughingstock” of the US. “Nobody could blame Russian, Chinese or Iranian leaders for thoroughly enjoying what they saw on Jan. 6 as a mob incited...

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January 13, 2021

Self-Help

NEED TO KNOW MEXICO [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/fcd100e2-d1bb-4cd7-b9f4-53a07a70e41c.png"] Self-Help President-Elect Joe Biden wants to step up anti-corruption efforts in Mexico. It’s not clear that Mexican officials will accept the help, however. Feelings between the two countries were at a nadir after Mexico pressured the US to drop trafficking charges against general and former...

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January 12, 2021

A Riot Felt ‘Round the World

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] A Riot Felt 'Round the World German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas tweeted a comparison between the assault on the US Capitol last week and the rise of fascism in his country before World War II. “The enemies of democracy will be thrilled to see these...

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January 01, 2021

Here’s to Hope

NEED TO KNOW WORLD [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/486ddb7e-3777-4543-ab44-3536360a3ce9.png"] Here's to Hope Well, it was quite a year. It's safe to say the big international story was the novel coronavirus. Now, as the world enters 2021 with high hopes for vaccines, trepidation over the virus' continued impacts and fears of a devastating economic...

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December 28, 2020

Anti-Fragility

NEED TO KNOW SOUTH AMERICA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/76b0ec79-f39a-4956-9115-393ce42fc212.png"] Anti-Fragility Gustavo Delgado visits a food pantry every day in his hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Otherwise, his family doesn’t eat. Delgado, 52, had been an office cleaner until earlier this year, Reuters reported. But his employer closed down due to the...

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December 04, 2020

Misery and Conspiracy

NEED TO KNOW VENEZUELA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/f52c66cd-9299-42e6-acd8-f970f62c524b.png"] Misery and Conspiracy In the US, the power of communist Venezuela is the stuff of conspiracy theories. But in Venezuela, the misery is real. Authorities in neighboring countries like Trinidad and Tobago are dealing with tens of thousands of desperate Venezuelan fleeing their economically devastated...

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December 01, 2020

‘Just Another Son of a Bitch’

NEED TO KNOW GUATEMALA [map url="https://mcusercontent.com/a2e22d7f24f6d1e3464d05be4/images/db73a011-021f-466b-9b89-77add155facc.png"] 'Just Another Son of a Bitch' Political economist Mark Blyth once called austerity a dangerous idea. Guatemala might be a good example of what he meant. Lawmakers in the Central American country recently moved to adopt a 2021 budget that would cut spending for health...

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