Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders The news that Mexico is moving one more step to break the monopoly of Petróleos Mexicanos [Pemex], the government-owned producer and until now monopoly retailer, is big and good news. With the world’s tenth largest economy, Mexican growth at between four and five percent over the past few […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Donald Trump plans to use a strategy that includes the Patriot Act, tariffs on imports and raising visa fees to get Mexico to pay for a wall on the U.S.’s southern border. “We have the moral high ground here, and all the leverage,” a memo released by the Trump campaign on April […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hillary Clinton blew a gasket recently when a Greenpeace activist challenged the Democratic front-runner on her insatiable taste for campaign cash from major fossil fuel companies. At a March 31 rally on the State University of New York at Purchase campus, Greenpeace activist Eva Resnick-Day asked Clinton, “Will you act on your […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Witnesses at Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge who were on hand during the standoff earlier this year between ranchers and government agents say the agents were responsible for damage caused to the refuge. The eyewitnesses made their case during four simultaneous news conferences in four states on March 29. They disputed the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Saying he is a “refreshing change” from the “management yes-men,” a U.S. Border Patrol agents’ union said it is endorsing Donald Trump for president. The National Border Patrol Council, which says it represents 16,500 agents, said in a letter of endorsement that Trump is a break from “the perfect Washington-approved tone.” It […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Uwe Siemon-Netto Pardon an outburst from a fervent friend of the United States: Yes, Secretary of State John Kerry is right! This year’s election campaign is indeed an embarrassment to America! As Kerry said, America’s friends around the world are shocked. I am a European conservative, and I am shocked. I […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Liam Fox, ________________ At the start of last week I was in Washington, DC speaking on what the European referendum means for the United States. On the face of it, the U.S. should be a natural ally in the case for leaving the European Union. The right to make your own […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The lasting impression President Barack Obama made on Cuba’s communist despots lasted all of two days. On March 22, Obama addressed Cubans about the importance of human rights and peaceful dialogue. On March 24, pro-democracy demonstrators in Havana were savagely beaten and arrested. The protesters were brutalized by Cuban police just three […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, EastAsiaIntel.com WASHINGTON – The hype surrounding President Obama’s visit to Cuba quickly gave way to fear and loathing as the world absorbed the news of the slaughter perpetrated in Brussels, for which ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant, immediately claimed “credit.” No sooner were we treated to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Muslims are “absolutely not reporting” terror suspects and “that’s a big problem,” Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on March 22 following the attacks in Brussels. “I would say this to the Muslims, and in the United States also, when they see trouble they have to report it,” Trump told Britain’s ITV […]
