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The Venezuela I Knew and the Venezuela Now
By Daniel Nardini With Venezuela tottering on the brink of collapse and possibly civil war, it is almost impossible for me to imagine this was the same country I saw… Read more
Possible American Hostages in China
By Daniel Nardini The United States has made a formal request under an extradition treaty with Canada for Huawei Technologies Corporation Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Wanzhou has been accused… Read more
Judge Rules Against 2020 Census Citizenship Question
By Daniel Nardini It seems that U.S. President Donald Trump just cannot get his way with the courts. New York District Court Judge Jesse M. Furman ruled that the Trump… Read more
Mexico on Maduro’s Side?
By Daniel Nardini At the Lima Group conference, Mexico was the sole Latin American country NOT to sign a declaration that was critical of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro taking control… Read more
The Influenza Pandemic
By Daniel Nardini It killed an estimated five percent of the world’s population of the time. An estimated 50 to 100 million people died in one of the worst pandemics… Read more
A Sound Aid Plan
By Daniel Nardini In a strange reversal, U.S. President Donald Trump has pledged to invest $5.6 billion into an aid plan by Mexico to help three countries in Central America…. Read more
Venezuela’s Paper Monopoly
By Daniel Nardini Venezuela’s last independent newspaper, El Nacional, stopped printing its newspapers. Why? Because the Venezuelan government, under dictator Nicolas Maduro, has a complete monopoly on the country’s paper… Read more
Birthday of the Bill of Rights
By Daniel Nardini It is something we as Americans take for granted. December 15th is the day that the first 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution were adopted by all… Read more
The Border Wall is a Dead Issue
By Daniel Nardini It seems that U.S. President Donald Trump has not quite gotten the message yet—the U.S. mid-term elections delivered a decisive blue (Democrat) wave against the Republicans and… Read more
A Question of Sovereignty
By Daniel Nardini I have spoken about this issue before. When the U.S. government had built its border fence, the Tohono O’odham people, who live on both the U.S. and… Read more »