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El Periodico USA Opinion December 9, 2024

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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El Periodico USA Technology December 3, 2024

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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El Periodico USA Opinion November 30, 2024

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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El Periodico USA Opinion November 27, 2024

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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El Periodico USA Featured November 25, 2024

Nobel Prize-winning economist says beware of the Bitcoin craze. He may be right

Andres Oppenheimer Bitcoin is surging to record highs following Donald Trump’s election victory, fueled by hopes of a friendlier regulatory
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El Periodico USA Featured November 19, 2024

Marco Rubio seeks to forge conservative Latin American alliance. Will it work?

Andres Oppenheimer Get ready for major changes in U.S. policy toward Latin America: President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of
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El Periodico USA Featured 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 Opinion 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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