Monthly Archives: December 2016

Analysis Post

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In the article Cuba wants to sign accords with U.S before Obama exit, it is all about how Cuba is in the process of trying to close 12 deals with the U.S all in Obama’s final weeks as President. This is already huge since two years ago, Obama re-establish relations with Cuba. These two countries have had a long history… Read more »

Freezing Temperatures!

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The cold is taking hold of the US weather pattern for the next week. Over the next seven days, 80% of the country will at some point see temperatures below freezing. More than half the continental United States will have below-average temperatures Friday. Temperatures will be 20 to 30 degrees below average in locations stretching from the Montana to South… Read more »

Freezing Temp

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Temperatures will drop to the 20’s to 30’s! The article says that over the next seven days that 80% will be covered in cold temperatures, this actually excites me! Why? Well that means snow! But with these dropping temperatures, what does that mean for the effect of the earth if anything? The bad thing about these dropping temperatures is that… Read more »

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In El Salvador, they are starting a program that with melt down guns and use them for anti-violence programs. I think is a smart idea that will take something bad and turn it into something good. With the growing gang violence in El Salvador, it has become a social norm to own a firearm.

Fidel Castro is dead, but Cubans want some of his policies to continue

El Romerillo is the kind of neighborhood one might think twice about entering in any other country than Cuba. Many of its houses are little more than shacks, and its narrow alleys call to mind the slums of so many Latin American cities. But the socialist slums of Fidel Castro’s Cuba are a little different. There are no gangs or… Read more »

Brazil Supreme Court defuses clash with Senate

Brazil’s Supreme Court voted Wednesday to leave Senate President Renan Calheiros in his powerful leadership post, raising hopes economic overhauls making their way through Congress can be approved. Calheiros had defied a preliminary high court order issued Monday to stand down as Senate leader following his indictment on embezzlement charges, sparking a constitutional crisis that had put the country on… Read more »

Secret CIA report finds Russia interfered to help Trump win election

A secret CIA assessment has found that Russia sought to tip last month’s US presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor, The Washington Post reported Friday, a conclusion that drew an extraordinary rebuke from the president-elect’s camp. “These are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,” Trump’s transition team said, launching a broadside against the spy… Read more »

Cuba wants to sign accords with U.S. before Obama exit

Cuba said on Wednesday it hoped to sign off on at least half a dozen agreements with the United States before businessman Donald Trump, who has threatened to derail detente between the former Cold War foes, becomes president on Jan. 20. Cuban and U.S. officials held talks in Havana to discuss what more could be accomplished during President Barack Obama’s… Read more »

Trump’s threats chill corporate investment plans in Mexico

Donald Trump’s threats to battle Mexico over trade, investment and jobs have pushed a growing number of companies operating in the country to put expansion plans on hold until the president-elect fleshes out his policies, business leaders have told Reuters since the Nov. 8 election. Pledging to recast a joint trade deal and protect U.S. industry from outsourcing to Mexico,… Read more »

Miami schools prepare for ‘potential influx’ after Castro’s death

While leaders in Cuba make preparations for Fidel Castro’s funeral, one top official in Miami says he’s preparing for another possibility: increased immigration. Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho said the district is getting ready for a “potential influx of child and adult learners” after Castro’ “We are ready to work with state and federal entities to secure… Read more »