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El Periodico USA Opinion 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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El Periodico USA Featured August 28, 2024

As Trump slides in polls, his attacks on immigrants become increasingly delusional

Andres Oppenheimer It’s unclear whether Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ current rise in the polls will last until the November elections,
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El Periodico USA Featured August 27, 2024

This man predicted all recent presidential election winners. Will he be right this time?

Andres Oppenheimer Allan J. Lichtman, the American University historian who predicted the outcome of virtually all recent U.S. elections and
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El Periodico USA Featured August 27, 2024

Human rights leaders demand action: Why is the ICC delaying Maduro’s arrest warrant?

Andres Oppenheimer A key missing piece in U.S. and Latin American pressures to get Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro to allow
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El Periodico USA Featured August 13, 2024

Harris made a risky bet by picking Walz. It will put immigration at center stage

Andres Oppenheimer Vice President and Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris made a risky bet by picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz
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El Periodico USA Opinion August 13, 2024

Maduro’s post-election fraud plan is to distract and delay. But it’s not working

Andres Oppenheimer Many people are asking themselves what Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s plans to do in the face of growing
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