Bart van Zwieten
@bvzw.bsky.social
Latin America expert and aficionado. Retired Dutch diplomat and UN expert, postings in Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Barbados, Suriname, Bangladesh, the Netherlands. Fan of Feyenoord, Rotterdam, music. Home is Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico
This is what it’s all about…..
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is what it’s all about…..
After 6 months and more than 3,000 kilometers cycling from the Maya Zone of Quintana Roo to Los Cabos in honor of his mother and the Virgin of Guadalupe, pilgrim Santiago Caamal returned home on Dec. 12. youtu.be/SUKqAJ5CqnU
SANTIAGO CAAMAL LLEGÓ A SU CASA
YouTube video by Eligio Juarez
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December 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
After 6 months and more than 3,000 kilometers cycling from the Maya Zone of Quintana Roo to Los Cabos in honor of his mother and the Virgin of Guadalupe, pilgrim Santiago Caamal returned home on Dec. 12. youtu.be/SUKqAJ5CqnU
Mexico agreed to deliver 9 billion cubic feet of water to the US after President Trump threatened to impose an additional 5% tariff on Mexican exports. The two countries are bound by a 1944 bilateral water treaty that fixes how much water Mexico must deliver from shared border rivers.
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Mexico agreed to deliver 9 billion cubic feet of water to the US after President Trump threatened to impose an additional 5% tariff on Mexican exports. The two countries are bound by a 1944 bilateral water treaty that fixes how much water Mexico must deliver from shared border rivers.
The son of a Nazi party member, an admirer of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, father of 9 children and a staunch Catholic known for opposing abortion and same-sex marriage, Kast built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrants. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast elected Chile’s next president
The son of a Nazi party member and an admirer of Pinochet, Kast built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrants
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The son of a Nazi party member, an admirer of the dictator Augusto Pinochet, father of 9 children and a staunch Catholic known for opposing abortion and same-sex marriage, Kast built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrants. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile’s next president — the country’s most significant shift to the right since returning to democracy 30 years ago. Kast obtained 58.16% of the votes in the runoff election, his opponent, leftist coalition candidate Jeannette Jara obtained 41.84%.
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
José Antonio Kast has been elected as Chile’s next president — the country’s most significant shift to the right since returning to democracy 30 years ago. Kast obtained 58.16% of the votes in the runoff election, his opponent, leftist coalition candidate Jeannette Jara obtained 41.84%.