Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have turned out to demonstrate against the Maduro government, and this appears to include may former Maduro supporters: Even the poorest areas, the beating heart of the country’s socialist government set up by Hugo Chavez, … Continue reading →
Asylum has a specific purpose and rules that govern its granting, and the vast majority of the caravaners’ claims wouldn’t fit asylum’s definition. But that may be somewhat moot, because (at least in the past) many asylum seekers haven’t shown … Continue reading →
Just say “no.”. That doesn’t mean it’s over, of course. Not by a longshot. But if you reward bad behavior you get more of it. See also this.
Continue reading →Things have been heating up at the Tijuana border. The good news: the Mexican government seems to be on board with deporting 500 “migrants” who stormed the border over the weekend and were repelled by tear gas from the US … Continue reading →
An article at Sarah Hoyt’s site by Bill Reader has some answers. Read the whole thing; the basic answer is “the Central American Left,” but here are some details that might especially interest you: …Barolo Fuentes, a Honduran socialist who … Continue reading →
Well, he can certainly try: It was always told to me that you needed a constitutional amendment. Guess what? You don’t,” Trump said, declaring he can do it by executive order. When told that’s very much in dispute, Trump replied: … Continue reading →
Remember the so-called “Brazilian Trump,” Jair Bolsonaro? I’ve written about him several times previously. Today was the run-off election between Bolsonaro and a leftist opponent, and the the results are in: Far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election on … Continue reading →
I’m not at all sure the Democrats are pleased about the timing of this: More Honduran migrants tried to join a caravan of several thousand trekking through Guatemala on Wednesday, defying calls by authorities not to make the journey after … Continue reading →
It happened in 1954, which isn’t all that long ago. But it might as well have been hundreds of years ago, because I doubt most Americans are aware of it. I’m pretty sure that if you were to stop 100 … Continue reading →
I’ve previously written at some length about Bolsonaro (“Brazil’s Trump”) here. Bolsonaro has now advanced to a run-off against left-wing Workers’ Party candidate, Fernando Haddad. Neither managed to get the 50% total needed to have won outright in this first … Continue reading →
I was alerted to this news by commenter TommyJay: The leading candidate in Brazil’s presidential election is in serious but stable condition after being stabbed by an assailant at a campaign rally on Thursday, doctors said, pushing an already chaotic … Continue reading →
I just read this article about the current frontrunner in the Brazilian presidential elections, a man named Jair Bolsonaro who is described in the article I just linked as “far-right,” and given to racist and misogynistic utterances: Loathed by much … Continue reading →