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El Periodico USA Featured October 18, 2024

The U.N. has announced its new Human Rights Council membership — and it stinks

Andres Oppenheimer The recent vote that turned down Saudi Arabia’s bid for a seat at the United Nations’ top human
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El Periodico USA Opinion October 9, 2024

One year after Oct. 7 terror, families still wait

Andres Oppenheimer The father of two Israeli hostages who were abducted by the Hamas terrorist group on Oct. 7 last
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El Periodico USA Featured October 1, 2024

Mexican new leader’s red-carpet invite to Cuba, Venezuelan dictators is big mistake

Andres Oppenheimer Mexico’s incoming president Claudia Sheinbaum is sending the wrong signals before taking office: She has scared U.S. investors
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El Periodico USA Featured September 30, 2024

Ludicrous U.N. speeches: Brazil, Colombia focus on Israel, ignore Venezuela crisis

Andres Oppenheimer The speeches by the leaders of Brazil and Colombia on the opening day of the United Nations General
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El Periodico USA Opinion September 24, 2024

Assault weapons nearly killed Trump: Why aren’t we talking about banning them?

Andres Oppenheimer The general reaction from both conservative and liberal media to the apparent Sept. 15 murder attempt against former
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El Periodico USA Featured September 17, 2024

Trump’s pet-eating Haitians story was just one of his many crazy immigration claims

Andres Oppenheimer Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made big headlines with his false claim that Haitian immigrants are eating Americans’
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El Periodico USA Opinion September 13, 2024

Debate overlooked Latin American issues that affect your wallet, and US security

Andres Oppenheimer Tuesday’s debate between Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican rival Donald Trump will go down in history
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El Periodico USA Featured September 10, 2024

Kamala Harris’ Latin America policies: a few clues and a lot of uncertainty

Andres Oppenheimer As we get close to the November elections, experts are scrambling to figure out what would be Democrat
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El Periodico USA Opinion September 4, 2024

US must act to isolate Venezuela’s regime

Andres Oppenheimer More than a month has passed since Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro stole the July 28 elections, and the
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El Periodico USA Opinion September 4, 2024

Mexico’s slide into semi-dictatorship will threaten U.S. trade, border security

Andres Oppenheimer When we think about Latin American dictatorships, the first countries that come to mind are — rightly so
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