Please find below links to reports from National Public Radio, the Associated Press, and Reuters; others are accessible by clicking on their initials or names. — MCM
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Data leak exposes Mexico military corruption, including collusion with drug cartels. Reported by A Martínez and Eyder Peralta | NPR Mexico is trying to come to terms with a massive data leak that uncovered some of the country’s closest kept secrets — from the health of the president to the corruption among Mexico’s military. Click HERE to listen and read.
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As the causes of U.S. inflation grow, so do the dangers, by Christopher Rugaber | AP WASHINGTON — What keeps driving inflation so high? The answer, it seems, is nearly everything. Supply chain snarls and parts shortages inflated the cost of factory goods when the economy rocketed out of the pandemic recession two years ago. Then it was . . . READ MORE . . .
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Argentine executives expect already sky-high inflation to go higher, by Jorge Otaola | Reuters BUENOS AIRES — Argentina’s surging inflation will just keep rising, according to the vast majority of executives surveyed in a poll released on Thursday, even though consumer prices are already on pace to end this year in triple digits. The government of President Alberto Fernandez . . . READ MORE . . .
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Veteran baseball broadcaster Jaime Jarrin says goodbye. Reported by A Martínez | NPR For more than 60 years, Jaime Jarrin has been the Spanish-language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was instrumental in bringing more Latino fans to the game. Now he’s saying goodbye. Click HERE to listen and read.
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Hydro-Quebec subsidiary buys 13 dams in New England. From AP. MONTREAL — A Hydro-Quebec subsidiary is buying a company that operates 13 hydropower generating stations in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, strengthening its relationship with New England. The $2 billion purchase of Great River Hydro LLC and the dams that produce 589 megawatts of electricity will provide Hydro-Quebec with the largest hydropower operation in New England, officials said Wednesday. Hydro-Quebec has a long relationship with New England, providing . . . READ MORE . . .