Opinion

Trump risks pushing Panama toward China with his threat to retake the Canal

Andres Oppenheimer When I interviewed Panama’s President José Raul Mulino shortly after president-elect Donald Trump uttered his threat to retake
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These two countries may be Latin America’s most endangered democracies

Andres Oppenheimer President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio, is expected to pay significant attention
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Trump should invite Venezuela’s Gonzalez Urrutia to his inauguration — today

Andres Oppenheimer President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration guest list includes several foreign dignitaries, but there is one political leader
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Trump won’t be able to deport 12 million immigrants — not even close

Andres Oppenheimer President-elect Donald said in his first post-election TV interview that he will deport everyone who is illegally in
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Cuba clamps down on much-promoted private sector plan amid crisis and exodus

Andres Oppenheimer Cuba’s decision to impose new restrictions on small and medium-sized private firms should not come as a surprise
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Argentina’s leader Milei, Trump’s ‘favorite,’ marks first year on a high note

Andres Oppenheimer One year after taking office, Argentina’s eccentric President Javier Milei — the first foreign leader who met with
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Trump’s tariffs threat to Mexico, Canada is likely a bluff. If it’s not, he’s nuts

Andres Oppenheimer After an extensive interview with one of the people who best knows President-elect Trump’s negotiating tactics, I’m more
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Let’s ban kids from social media, just like Australia did

Andres Oppenheimer Australia has just passed a sweeping law prohibiting children under 16 from using social media platforms such as
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Opposition leader says ‘millions’ more may leave Venezuela. She may be right

Andres Oppenheimer The conventional wisdom in some diplomatic quarters is that Venezuela’s dictator Nicolás Maduro will cling to power indefinitely
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Ortega’s constitutional changes will turn Nicaragua into a tropical North Korea

Andres Oppenheimer Nicaragua’s dictator Daniel Ortega has drafted a constitutional reform that may make his country the most repressive regime
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