It’s definitely time for American to look in the mirror and evaluate itself. Many of us need to spend the next 6 weeks thinking hard about how the Washington “establishment” is viewed. If I recall correctly, Donald Trump spent much of his campaign time bashing the inefficacy and unqualified nature of Hillary Clinton in her tenure as Secretary of State…. Read more »
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, staging a historic upset against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. For Brazil, this could mean bad news regardless of your political views. As the votes started rolling Trump’s way, stock markets across the globe plunged due to the fear of Trump’s anti-free trade agenda. The Republican’s victory could cause problems… Read more »
When Donald Trump takes office in January, he will inherit a relationship with Latin America vastly different from the one Barack Obama faced when he entered the White House eight years ago. The Obama administration has made tremendous progress when it comes to our neighbors in the Americas, and the president-elect would be wise to sustain that progress by building… Read more »
The simmering distrust between Donald Trump and U.S. intelligence agencies escalated into open antagonism Saturday after the president-elect mocked a CIA report that Russian operatives had intervened in the U.S. presidential election to help him win. The growing tensions set up a potential showdown between Trump and the nation’s top intelligence officials during what some of those officials describe as… Read more »
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, a transition official said Saturday, a selection that would reach outside the traditional foreign policy establishment to elevate a global business deal-maker. Mr. Trump hasn’t yet made a final decision, the official said, but the president-elect heaped praise on Mr. Tillerson… Read more »
foxnews.com Associated Press writers Christopher Sherman in Mexico and David Keyton in Stockholm contributed to this report. SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – In one of the world’s most deadly countries, a Swedish development organization is trying to turn a source of death into a resource that combats gun violence.
theguardian.com Reuters in Lima An indigenous federation opposed to a recently approved plan for oil drilling in the Peruvian Amazon has said that native communities will physically block any attempt by oil companies to operate on their lands.
Franc24 By Manon HEURTEL Haiti is still waiting for the final results of the November 20 presidential election, but time is running out. For more than a year, an electoral crisis has paralyzed the economic development of the country, which was hit by a devastating hurricane in early October. Haitians are still waiting for humanitarian aid, while relief from the… Read more »
France 24 NEWS WIRES Brazil’s top court reinstated the head of the Senate on Wednesday after one of its members suspended the lawmaker from office and opened an unprecedented constitutional crisis. By 6 votes to 3, the full Supreme Federal Tribunal put Sen. Renan Calheiros back on his job one day after the key ally of President Michel Temer refused… Read more »
The late leftist leader Fidel Castro’s dying wish was that his name and image not succumb to a cult following or blind idolatry in Cuba, but it remains to be seen if the country can respect that request. In a final, mass tribute to the leader of the Cuban revolution, President Raul Castro announced that his brother and predecessor had… Read more »