Honduras
The primary elections in Honduras were a chaos that we introduced in our last report. Finally, some voters could only exercise their suffrage right in the early hours of Monday morning since the bags with the critical electoral material arrived even at 22:00 hours on Sunday local time—i.e., 15 hours late. There is an exchange of accusations between State bodies—the National Electoral Council and the Armed Forces, responsible for the transportation—and political organizations, which the Attorney General has announced he will investigate until he gets to the bottom of the mess. “The Honduran people must know who was directly and indirectly responsible for the obstruction in the transportation and delivery of the electoral material,” said the Public Prosecutor's Office. What happened raises reasonable suspicions about next November's general elections.
SourceMexico
Aztec authorities continue trying to appease Donald Trump concerning his tariff policy, which is driving markets crazy. If last week they announced anti-dumping investigations against China and Vietnam, this Monday they reported the seizure of “illegal goods” coming from the Asian giant valued at close to 15 million dollars. Since Trump activated the tariff threat, Mexico has rushed to take some trade measures, including significant seizures, against Chinese products, trying to evaporate a narrative that places it as a bad partner serving Asian interests. The timing of these actions says it all because we are in front of a new, aggressive approach for dealing with an old dynamic. In total, 33 containers were confiscated with speakers, bicycles, executive chairs, hydraulic jacks, toys, backpacks, drills, among other products.
SourceSeveral tragedies shake the region
Two highway accidents in Mexico resulted in the death of at least 32 people on Monday. In Durango, an accident between a bus from McAllen, Texas, and a truck, resulted in 14 people dead and 10 injured. Earlier, 11 people were reported dead after the bus in which they were traveling overturned in the southern state of Oaxaca. Late Monday, 7 more people dead were reported. One of the main causes of the worrying increase in road accidents is the poor condition of vehicles.
In Ecuador, the death toll as a result of heavy rains this year is already close to 20. There are more than 90 thousand people affected, with the coastal area of Manabí having the worst record. Damage to agriculture is quite bad, with 6,000 hectares of crops and 50,000 farm animals lost.
Meanwhile, in Argentina, 16 deaths have been confirmed since the intense rains recorded last Friday in the city of Bahía Blanca, located more than 600 kilometers south of Buenos Aires and a strategic point for the shipment of grains. Particularly painful here has been the report of two missing girls swept away by the raging waters. Still, there are dozens of people whose whereabouts are unknown. The central government's response was strongly criticized by the citizens there.
Source- Finally, in Guatemala, the eruption of the Volcano of Fire—one of the most active in the region, located some 50 kilometers from Guatemala City—has required the evacuation of 300 families, with more than 30,000 people still in potential risk areas. Back in 2018, the fierce volcano killed nearly 200 people, while more than 230 were reported missing.
VIDEO: Guatemalan authorities evacuated around a thousand people on Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks.
March 11, 2025— AFP News Agency (@AFP)
Residents with traumatic memories of a deadly eruption in 2018 sought refuge after the Fuego volcano exploded… pic.twitter.com/Y1zfUJcOZM
Drinking the blood
JUST IN: 🇸🇻 El Salvador bought the bitcoin dip again today and added to their strategic reserve. pic.twitter.com/XIVse3HLXY
March 10, 2025— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine)
The right move 👇?
Argentine President Javier Milei signed an emergency executive decree to mandate a new deal with the International Monetary Fund https://t.co/NU0LkhCppm
March 11, 2025— Bloomberg (@business)
Argentina’s US-backed libertarian President Javier Milei is using an emergency decree to take a huge loan from the IMF.
March 10, 2025— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton)
The self-declared "anarcho-capitalist" is deepening the debt trap that has devastated the country’s economy, fueling high inflation. https://t.co/IlMSKCoNlP
Milei years ago 👇
El estafador quiere endeudarnos POR DECRETO.
March 11, 2025— Arrepentidos de Milei (@ArrepentidosLLA)
En sus palabras: "El FMI es una institución perversa porque pone la plata cuando un país está a punto de explotar y le deja el problema al próximo gobierno"
Algún libertario me explica por qué Milei está equivocado? pic.twitter.com/Px9YMg90Q7
