Here’s an interesting trio (emphasis mine): The “lion of the Andes,” Argentine President Javier Milei, is traveling to Washington next weekend to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference convention and is the second populist Latin leader whom organizers … Continue reading →
Who predicted a year ago that this would be happening in Argentina? I certainly didn’t. Milei gets to work: Argentine lawmakers took a first step Friday toward approving President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic, social and political reform package, which has … Continue reading →
The results of Argentina’s recent election are interesting, to say the least: [Argentina] has just elected a radical free-market economics professor named Javier Milei as its new president … … Milei’s landslide win over an entrenched left-wing political machine Juan … Continue reading →
Until now, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador hasn’t appeared on my radar screen. Seeing that photo at the link, my first thought was how very young he looks. It sounds as though, on the whole, his presidency has been … Continue reading →
Today’s the day that marks the end of Title 42, and there are plenty of articles about what’s going on at the border as a result. So I’m going to link to some of them: this at Powerline, this at … Continue reading →
Get ready. There’s already been a surge, but an even greater increase in border crossings by illegal immigrants is expected: The number of crossings are expected to skyrocket after Thursday and leaders at the border are taking steps to deal … Continue reading →
What’s going on with Biden’s latest announcement on the border and asylum? As this CNN article points out, it does appear to “mirror Trump.” That’s certainly rare in the annals of Biden’s executive orders, so what gives?: The Biden administration … Continue reading →
Things are happening in Brazil these days, and some of them might sound familiar: Brazil’s defense ministry has issued a report that highlights flaws in the country’s electoral systems and proposes improvements but contains nothing to substantiate claims of fraud … Continue reading →
Brazilian politician “Lula” has won the presidency by a hair, making it his third term but not in a row. Lula is on the left and his main opponent (and previous president) Bolsonaro is on the right. This seems to … Continue reading →
There’s been an election in Colombia: Former rebel Gustavo Petro is set to be Colombia’s first leftist president after voters handed him a slim victory in Sunday’s runoff election against Rodolfo Hernández, a political outsider and populist. Petro had garnered … Continue reading →
Earlier I suspected this might be the case, and now we have semi-official word that it is the case (of course, that can change after a more complete investigation as time goes on): State Sen. Roland Gutierrez, D-San Antonio, said … Continue reading →
…and it’s absolutely no surprise. I previously wrote about Rosales here; he is the suspect in the killing of Houston police officer Charles Galloway. The term “cold-blooded murder” seems to fully apply in this case. Now more facts about Rosales … Continue reading →