I was mildly troubled by today’s H&H.  Mostly because Trumpfest yesterday took place about a half mile from my house—lets just say rednecks still drive pickup trucks and they let loose the gas!

I had nothing to do with any of that.  On to the news from the south.

 

IMF:  Latin America is projected to achieve the worst economic performance since 1980.  They can say with a straight face, because their data for the region only goes a far back as 1980.

Brazillian Trump ordered to wear a mask by a federal judge, further escalating a meaningless hill everybody seems to want to die on.  Good luck with that.

Surprise headline of the day.  No shit CNN.  Its empowered totalitarians all over the world, particularly the ones CNN likes.

If a recession lasts three years, don’t they normally call it something else?  Never mind, its Al Jazeera.

Mexico earthquake death toll rises to six.

…I was expecting more than six.  The Pope sends his thoughts and prayers.

I thought this was everyday in Cuba?

Gilberto said he’s busy working as an electrician and does not really have the time to wait on the endless lines that have become customary in Cuba during the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s difficult. Everything is scarce,” said Gilbert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity and asked that his last name not be used.

He complained that the crowd standing outside the store in Habana del Este, a Havana suburb did not seem to be practicing too much social distancing. Then he quipped, “What people are really afraid of is not finding food, compadre.”

This is for cooking oil.  He was waiting for cooking oil.

Here, have some tunes.  Its a classic.