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El Periodico USA Opinion November 18, 2024

Likely Secretary of State Marco Rubio may do this to put pressure on Venezuela

Andres Oppenheimer President-elect Donald Trump’ s likely appointment of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state would signal a
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El Periodico USA Featured November 12, 2024

Trump’s biggest threat to Latin America is not deportations, nor tariffs. It’s this

Andres Oppenheimer The conventional wisdom is that President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants and raise tariffs
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El Periodico USA Opinion November 11, 2024

Here’s why growing numbers of US Hispanics voted for Trump, and helped him win

Andres Oppenheimer One of the biggest reasons why Republican candidate Donald Trump won the Nov. 5 elections is that Latinos
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El Periodico USA Featured November 5, 2024

Here are 6 reasons why I would never vote for Trump — and there are

Andres Oppenheimer There are more than a dozen reasons why I would never vote for Donald Trump, but let me
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El Periodico USA Featured November 1, 2024

Take it from conservative economists: Trump could derail U.S. economic upswing

Andres Oppenheimer Democratic candidate Kamala Harris cannot say this very loudly, because no presidential hopeful wins an election saying that
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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 Featured 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 Opinion 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 Opinion 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 Featured 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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