Lula’s back
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 →
Category Archives: Latin America
Colombia chooses the Venezuela/Cuba way
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 →
Report: the school police chief was not informed about the 911 calls from the children
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 →
The war against police: we’ve learned more about Oscar Rosales…
…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 →
The Houston police killing suspect
There has been so much news lately that I haven’t covered everything or even close to everything that’s of interest. One very sad event that caught my attention – but that I haven’t written about until now – was the … Continue reading →
The situation at the border is about to get worse
A lot worse: A senior administration official told the Washington Free Beacon that border agents are preparing to process up to 1,200 families a day once the public health restrictions are lifted. That works out to about 375,000 families over … Continue reading →
Nikole Hannah-Jones wants both races to be equally miserable
Margaret Thatcher made a memorable point in 1990 about socialism. Her example involved the standard of living: Nikole Hannah-Jones, head of the 1619 Project, seems to take the same tack as the leftists in the above clip, only Hannah-Jones spoke … Continue reading →
Protests in Cuba: sanctions, COVID, and liberty
What’s going on in Cuba?: From the Malecón, Havana’s famous seawall near the old city, to small towns in Artemisa province and Palma Soriano, the second-largest city in Santiago de Cuba province, videos live-streamed on Facebook showed thousands of people … Continue reading →
Court-packing (Part II): Venezuela is the template
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] For the moment, we seem to have dodged the court-packing bullet, because the Democrats don’t quite have the votes to pass it. But I believe it’s only a temporary reprieve. The Democrats are … Continue reading →
Biden momentarily discovers there was actually a reason for Trump’s policy choices
And the reason was not that he was a mean old SOB. The reason was that they made sense. At least, that’s what Biden appears to be saying here: While speaking to reporters on the south lawn of the White … Continue reading →
Bolsonaro, the press, and hydroxychloroquine
Brazil’s Bolonaro lives to fight another day – having recovered from COVID. And to make matters even more tragic for the left, the Brazilian president does a Trumpish thing: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Saturday he has tested negative … Continue reading →
COVID-19: and what of Mexico?
Here’s a good question from commenter “Sharon W”: Shouldn’t [Mexico’s] numbers be worse than ours, not having enacted any orders and living life in normal fashion? I thought maybe the weather, but I checked Tijuana and it is the same … Continue reading →