LATIN AMERICA

MEXICO'S ARREST OF CARTEL SECURITY BOSS WAS LIKELY PERSONAL

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The U.S. government thanked Mexico for arresting a hyper violent alleged Sinaloa cartel security chief, but according to details released Friday, the detention may have been highly personal for the Mexican army.

Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Nestor Isidro Pérez Salas, who was arrested Wednesday, had ordered a 2019 attack on an unguarded apartment complex where soldiers’ families lived.

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ARGENTINA'S LABOR LEADERS WARN OF RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT

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Photo Credit: Natacha Pisarenko

Right-wing populist Javier Milei has been president-elect just four days and already Argentina’s unions and social organizations are vowing pushback and even protests if he makes good on his promises to slash the size of the state and privatize companies.

Milei, who famously campaigned with a revving chainsaw to demonstrate what he would do to public spending, says radical measures are needed to get the South American country’s moribund economy back to life and reduce annual inflation of 140%.

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THOUSANDS LED BY CUBA'S PRESIDENT MARCH IN HAVANA IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTININE

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Thousands of people led by Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel marched along Havana’s iconic boardwalk Thursday in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and demanding an end to the war between Israel and Hamas.

Wearing a black-and-white Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, Díaz-Canel was accompanied by Cuba’s main leaders, including Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez.

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ARGENTINA’S PRESIDENT-ELECT WANTS PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PRIVATE HANDS, WITH MEDIA FIRST TO GO

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Photo Credit: Natacha Pisarenko

Argentina’s right-wing president-elect gave the first indications Monday of how he plans to start shaking up South America’s second-largest economy: with a slew of privatizations.

Populist Javier Milei, a libertarian economist and self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” won a presidential runoff election on Sunday with 55.7% of the vote. He said Monday that he would move quickly to privatize the country’s state-owned media outlets and look to do the same with other public companies.

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FIERY RIGHT-WING POPULIST JAVIER MILEI WINS ARGENTINA’S PRESIDENCY AND PROMISES ‘DRASTIC’ CHANGES

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Populist Javier Milei resoundingly won Argentina’s presidential election Sunday, swinging the country to the right following a fiercely polarized campaign in which he promised a dramatic shake-up to the state to deal with soaring inflation and rising poverty.

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