Swiss vignettes: Aboard the EC railroad, from Brig to Domodossola, Italy, the announcements are in four languages; at Piz Gloria, the receding glaciers are covered in summertime; in Sunnbüel, you meet the cows responsible for the Berner Alpkäse hard cheese

… since National Ice Cream Day is coming up, here is an obligatory shout-out to Dolcezza and its promise of free chocotorta gelato on Sunday.

primero vinieron las empanadas de carne al aeropuerto, y ahora, por fin, la morcilla y el Fernet con coca llegan a Georgetown.

“Lo difícil a veces es comprender sus motivos y, por lo tanto, resolver el asunto”, dije a @LANACION. “¿Quiere presionar a Brasil para que modifique sus propias políticas proteccionistas? ¿O le interesa más la situación de Bolsonaro?”.

“Si todo lo que tienes es un martillo, todo te parece un clavo. La herramienta preferida de Trump es, obviamente, el arancel, y en eso ha sido bastante consistente”, comenté a @LANACION.

el lujo de un dúo, en Wolf Trap, entre Juanes y Cimafunk.

“A questão de Bolsonaro será particularmente difícil de resolver. Trump tem pouca tolerância com o que considera processos politicamente motivados contra aliados conservadores, como a investigação sobre a francesa Marine Le Pen”. Minha entrevista na Exame 👇.

Vaca Muerta “is flowering at a hugely significant moment for Milei, who’s in urgent need of economic victories to reassure voters that all of the sacrifices of the last year and a half were worth it,” I told @business.

“For decades, Colombia has been the most strategic U.S. partner in the region, so it is troubling to see yet another diplomatic crisis,” I told the @MiamiHerald.

Vaca Muerta “está floreciendo en un momento sumamente significativo para Milei, quien necesita con urgencia victorias económicas que le demuestren a los votantes que todos los sacrificios del último año y medio valieron la pena”, dije a @business.

House arrest for Cristina Kirchner and a lifetime ban on holding public office following a corruption conviction. CFK is not only a political icon, but also Argentina’s most influential opposition figure. That said, in her exceedingly active post-presidency, Cristina has always.

The migration crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean is illustrative. In Haiti 🇭🇹, for example, the number of *internally* displaced people is now 1.3 million. Of the 7.9 million refugees and migrants who have escaped Venezuela 🇻🇪, 6.7 million remain in Latin America.

Given all the focus on the migration challenges in the US, it is good to remember that most people forced to flee their communities remain in their home country, and of those who cross the border, an overwhelming number (67%) end up living in a neighboring country.

RT @cecibeca: "Las políticas de Trump generan una fuerte polarización en EEUU y dañan al sistema democrático", dice el analista @benjaminge….

In a polarized region, where two-round presidential elections are common and political parties are multiplying like Mogwai in a rainstorm, many leaders govern without solid control of congress. Depending on your policy preferences, you might see it as thwarting sensible reform in.

El Salvador gleefully opened its gulag to deportees. Then again, Central America is between a rock and a hard place. US demands for migration cooperation also caused headaches for Costa Rica and Panama, including complaints to the UN and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Impressive, and still the most important indicator in the run-up to the October midterms.

“La indiferencia, lo peor que le puede ocurrir a Cristina, predominó. Para muchos argentinos, especialmente los menores de 30 años, no se trata de un hecho histórico sino de un hecho que pertenece a la historia”.

The mercenary economy is growing in Latin America, with Colombian guns for hire implicated in the Moïse assassination and now reportedly on the payroll of Mexican cartels, Cubans fighting for Russia, and Blackwater pitching its services from Haiti to Ecuador.

Good to see Brazil courting investment in rare earths. Latin America offers abundant reserves of critical minerals, including copper and lithium, without the challenges such as trade wars or armed conflict in places such as Ukraine, Congo, and China that the US has prioritized.