☀ Domingo Brief — Mexico & Peru’s (Latest) Spat

Welcome back to the Domingo Brief! This week, we’re following Bolivia’s presidential inauguration, Panamanian airports, and more.

Trivia of the Week 🎯

Just 35% of you correctly guessed Chicago as the city which houses the largest collection of Mexican art outside of Mexico. The National Museum of Mexican Art, located in Chicago’s Lower West Side, borders the Latino enclaves of Pilsen and Little Village, which have been for decades the most heavily Latino parts of the city. Over 18K sculptures, photographs, and other pieces of Mexican art can be found at this free-entry museum.

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🇧🇴 Rodrigo Paz has been sworn in as the 68th President of Bolivia, formally bringing to an end nearly twenty years of uninterrupted rule by the left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party. Born in Spain to former President Jaime Paz Zamora (1982-1984), Paz has been involved in Bolivian politics for over two decades. His primary challenges include boosting Bolivia’s abysmal foreign reserves, rebuilding engagement with international financial partners, harnessing national energy and lithium potential, and addressing massive informality rates. Buena suerte, Presidente Paz!

🇩🇴 The Dominican Republic has postponed this year’s Summit of the Americas, the tenth edition since 1994, which was to gather the leaders of North and South America in Punta Cana in an effort to jointly tackle shared problems. This was to be the first Summit of the Americas since the controversial 2022 edition held in Los Angeles, which was boycotted by numerous left-wing leaders owing to its exclusion of dictators in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. This year’s summit, meanwhile, was challenged by both timing as well as regional politics, in particular growing US military pressure on Venezuela.

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