‘Just Little Savages’
NEED TO KNOW CANADA ‘Just Little Savages’ Canadian First Nation leaders found the remains of more than 200 former students – all […]
No Quarter
NEED TO KNOW NICARAGUA No Quarter Nicaraguan intellectual Emilio Álvarez Montalván once described his fellow citizens as “outgoing, imaginative, hard-working, and compassionate” […]
A Taxing Issue
NEED TO KNOW WORLD A Taxing Issue At their recent meeting in Britain, leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations accepted […]
Borderlines
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Borderlines Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei recently blamed the US for attracting migrants seeking a haven from violence and […]
Taxing the Air
NEED TO KNOW CANADA Taxing the Air The Canadian Supreme Court this year issued an important decision with worldwide implications when its […]
Transformation on the Ballot
NEED TO KNOW MEXICO Transformation on the Ballot President Andrés Manuel López Obrador – whose nickname is AMLO – wants to transform […]
The Taxman Cometh
NEED TO KNOW CAYMAN ISLANDS The Taxman Cometh The European Union removed the Cayman Islands from its so-called tax haven blacklist late […]
Losing the Future
NEED TO KNOW SOUTH AMERICA Losing the Future So many players on Argentina’s powerhouse soccer team River Plate were sick with Covid-19 […]
Taxes, and Everything
NEED TO KNOW COLOMBIA Taxes, and Everything At first, they took to the streets to protest against a tax plan they called […]
New Leader, Old Torch
NEED TO KNOW CUBA New Leader, Old Torch It was the end of an era when Raúl Castro resigned as chief of […]
Politics and Plague
NEED TO KNOW CANADA Politics and Plague The Canadian military recently deployed to Ontario amid a scary surge of the coronavirus that […]
Problem Child
NEED TO KNOW HAITI Problem Child Haitian Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe resigned recently. He served for around a year, wrote Al Jazeera, […]
A Stubborn Thorn
NEED TO KNOW BRAZIL A Stubborn Thorn Lula is back. The leftist former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently received […]
The Little Engine That Could
NEED TO KNOW CUBA The Little Engine That Could Even as Cuba remains isolated from the US, it’s poised to become the […]
Change, Deferred
NEED TO KNOW CHILE Change, Deferred The coronavirus has forced many people to shelve their plans. In Chile, the pandemic is preventing […]
Uncle Porky and the Spoilers
NEED TO KNOW PERU Uncle Porky and the Spoilers Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned three years ago over allegations of bribery […]
The Ties That Bind
NEED TO KNOW CURAÇAO The Ties That Bind The Dutch islands of the Caribbean are working hard to make it easier for […]
‘Disappearance’: The Noun, The Weapon
NEED TO KNOW MEXICO ‘Disappearance’: The Noun, The Weapon Mexicans uncover on average two clandestine graves a day. They often belong to […]
The Color of Pride
NEED TO KNOW BRAZIL The Color of Pride Brazilians of African descent became the majority racial group in their country almost a […]
A New Kind of Ugly
NEED TO KNOW EL SALVADOR A New Kind of Ugly It’s possible that El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele came to Washington, DC […]
Eras New and Old
NEED TO KNOW HAITI Eras New and Old One of the poorest countries in the world, Haiti, is embroiled in a new […]
Health and Wealth
NEED TO KNOW TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS Health and Wealth Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson, who runs the British overseas territory of the Turks […]
Intolerable Brutality
NEED TO KNOW CUBA Intolerable Brutality Outrage and social media are fueling a popular uprising against the government’s power in Cuba. Late […]