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The Costa Rica-Nicaragua Spat
By: Daniel Nardini The Republic of Costa Rica, one of the two stable countries in Central America, would normally be a peaceful, tranquil place. Internally it is—its economy is booming,… Read more
Possible New Refugee Crisis?
By: Daniel Nardini We hear about the tens of thousands of people fleeing from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. However, one country is missing from the list. So far, no… Read more
Dark Spectre to the South
By: Daniel Nardini It seems almost certain that Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will win the presidential election on July 1st. It also seems certain that Obrador will… Read more
The Fear-mongering President
By: Daniel Nardini He had surrounded himself with millionaire friends. He had little to no idea about how to run government, or about foreign policy. He virtually isolated himself from… Read more
The Singapore Sideshow
By: Daniel Nardini The much heralded summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was held in Singapore before a large media audience. What this meeting… Read more
Joshua Holt is Freed, But…
By: Daniel Nardini Joshua Holt, the Mormon missionary who went to Venezuela to marry his girlfriend Thamara Coleno (now Thamar Holt) and was imprisoned by the Venezuelan government on bogus… Read more
The United States Equation in Mexico
By: Daniel Nardini Four candidates for the Mexican presidency debated each other on May 20th. While their words and arguments primarily dealt with domestic issues, there is no doubt that… Read more
Celebrating Karl Marx’s Birthday?
By: Daniel Nardini Can anyone in Germany imagine a statue of Adolf Hitler ever being put up anywhere in that country? Of course not! Any mention of Hitler in a… Read more
The Most Powerful Monster on Earth
By: Daniel Nardini As I read articles about U.S. President Donald Trump being a “dictator” and a “tyrant,” I am thinking about the one man on this earth who truly… Read more
California’s Mexico Economic Dependency
By: Daniel Nardini Here is an important fact—665,000 American jobs in southern California depends on Mexico. The jobs these Americans do provide products and services that are exported to Mexico,… Read more »