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El Periodico USA Staff Featured December 18, 2024

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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El Periodico USA Staff Opinion December 14, 2024

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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El Periodico USA Staff Featured December 11, 2024

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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El Periodico USA Staff 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 Staff Featured 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 Staff Featured 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 Staff Featured 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 Staff 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 Staff Opinion 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 Staff 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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