* Brazil: According to Merrill Lynch there are more millionaires in Brazil than in any other Latin American country.
* Mexico: First it was people crossing the border into Mexico in ordered to buy cheap gasoline. Now it’s Texan real estate firms trying to beat the housing slump by selling property to Mexicans.
* U.S.: Police in a South Carolina town are investigating who set fire to a Puerto Rican flag that hung off a private house.
* Cuba: The country’s first ever Gay Pride parade was abruptly canceled after it did not receive the green light from the island’s government.
Image- New York Times (“Inside the Daslu department store in São Paulo, Brazil, where the wealthy gather to mingle and consume.”)
Sources- GreenvilleOnline.com, Queerty, People’s Daily Online, Bloomberg, The Latin Americanist
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