Andres Oppenheimer
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As Trump lashes out at trade partners, globalization goes on without the United States
While President Trump threatens to slap new tariffs on close U.S. trading partners, European, Asian, Latin American and African countries are creating new trade blocs that totally bypass the United States. → Read More
Mexico’s leader is very popular, but his country is going downhill
A year after his election, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s disdain for democratic institutions is already hurting economic growth, raising questions about Mexico’s future. → Read More
Julian Castro says Hispanic turnout will rise dramatically in 2020. Hmmm . . .
Former San Antonio mayor, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, says that now that Donald Trump has a damaging track record, Hispanics will be motivated to vote against him → Read More
It’s official: Trump will run a racist, xenophobic re-election campaign, based on lies
The president made clear that he will continue to whip up anti-immigrant fervor among his devoted base. → Read More
Democratic hopefuls should reject Bernie Sanders’ view of Latin America, or they will lose Florida in 2020
When Democratic hopefuls meet in Miami for their first debates June 26, they should reject Sen. Bernie Sanders’ soft spot for Latin American dictators or they will lose Florida in 2020, and may help re-elect President Trump. → Read More
The Venezuelan exodus has reached 4 million people
New United Nations estimates put the number of Venezuelan refugees and migrants at 4 million. And Colombia’s top migration official says the number will keep growing, which will make it hard for President Trump and Latin American countries to ignore the Venezuelan crisis in the near future. → Read More
Alan Garcia’s suicide sparks misguided myth that corruption thrives under pro-free-market governments
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador is wrong: The Odebrecht bribery scandal took place under Latin America’s leftist populist governments, which got the bulk of the bribes. → Read More
Trump administration denounces Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, but remains silent on Bolivia. Huge mistake!
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is running for a fourth term in October elections despite the fact that Bolivia’s constitution prohibits him from doing so. → Read More
U.N. Secretary General has finally found his voice on Venezuela. Now he must find the backbone to get aid to its suffering people
Human rights groups rightly say that Antonio Guterres should declare Venezuela a high-level international emergency, even if dictator Nicolas Maduro doesn’t like it. → Read More
López Obrador’s ridiculous obsession with the past puts Mexico’s future at risk
Instead of building Mexico’s future, President Andres Manuel López Obrador has asked Spain to apologize for the Spanish conquest’ s atrocities against indigenous people 500 years ago. → Read More
In the absence of a military uprising, Latin American countries are rethinking their strategy to oust Venezuela’s dictator
Several members of Latin America’s Group of Lima, which until now demanded Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro’s immediate resignation, are now exploring the possibility of teaming up with the European Union’ s Group of Contact to negotiate with the Maduro regime and seek internationally-supervised free elections in Venezuela this year. → Read More
Miami congresswoman says Democrats won’t pick ‘socialist’ to run in 2020. Is she wrong?
Rep. Donna Shalala, of Miami, says the Democratic Party isn’t likely to pick a leftist candidate to run in 2020 presidential election. But the congresswoman’s fights with other Democrats shed a different light. → Read More
To take down Maduro, Trump will need an ally he keeps trashing — the European Union
Senior officials say that U.S. economic sanctions against Venezuela may not be effective without the help of European countries that President Trump has antagonized. → Read More
Juan Guaidó is the most courageous political figure that Latin America has seen in years
Following the Cuban script, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro will try character assassination, because they know that fighting Juan Guaidó’s ideas is a lost cause. → Read More
While China robotizes its workforce, Latin America is falling behind
Asian governments say that, instead of protecting inefficient jobs, they are focusing on improving education standards and re-training workers whose occupations will be taken over by robots. Latin America should pay attention. → Read More
Venezuela’s dictator Maduro survived a tough week, but his problems are about to get worse
After his bloody crackdown on volunteers who were trying to get humanitarian aid into his country, Maduro will face growing international isolation and stiffer sanctions that will make it hard for him to cling to power. → Read More
Prince Charles’ Cuba vacation will be a royal embarrassment for Great Britain
The Prince of Wales and his wife, Camilla, are planning a trip to Cuba in March to meet with Cuban ruler Miguel Diaz Canel, but not, it seems, any dissidents. → Read More
Amid Washington’s partisan battles, Trump and Democrats find rare common ground on Venezuela
Though Trump and Democrats war over the president’s $8 billion border wall is escalating, Democratic leaders increasingly are backing the administration’s decision to support Juan Guaidó as Venezuela’s legitimate leader. → Read More
Of the three major scenarios for Venezuela, U.S. military intervention is the least likely
Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro may be forced out of power and democracy restored if the current escalation of U.S. and international economic sanctions keep growing. → Read More
Trump delivered a schizophrenic State of the Union address: levelheaded on Venezuela, unhinged on Mexico
Trump almost came off like a statesman in criticizing the Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela. But on Mexico, he sounded like a racist demagogue. → Read More