A Look Ahead to Late August & Early September

We’re into late August already. Hard to believe the summer is coming to an end. Like just about everyone else I’m anxious to get this year finished once and for all. Pandemic, hurricanes, wild fires, floods of Biblical proportions in China….the list goes on and on. Who knows what’s waiting for us in September. But …

Central America/Caribbean D+7-10 (16-19 July, 1987)

D+7 (16 July, 1987)   -US Navy personnel and civilian contract workers from the United States assume full duties at the Panama Canal. All Panamanian nationals, and other foreigners working there are furloughed for the ‘duration of the present emergency.’   -As more US troops arrive in Honduras, the number of clashes between Nicaraguan and …