by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2024 On Dec. 10, populist Javier Milei was inaugurated as president of Argentina. Since then, Milei has: • Eliminated 12 out of 21 cabinet posts. • Fired 5,000 government employees. • Ended 380,000 government regulations. • Banned woke language in the military. • Introduced a bill to affirm the right […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 31, 2023 Looking into the snow globe, it’s that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the New Year. There’s a certain trepidation in the air as we view the current and emerging crises, especially during a highly contested election year […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 21, 2023 “The United States has lost its ability to lecture any other country about ‘democracy,’ ” El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said in a post to X following the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot. Bukele’s post has been viewed more than 7 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, December 8, 2023 Venezuela’s ruling Marxists are using some time-honored tricks to give their economically battered regime an edge for next year’s presidential elections. In a classic political mobilization tactic, President Nicolas Maduro held a “referendum” to ask his citizens what the future status should be for a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, November 23, 2023 Facing a tight and tense Presidential election showdown, Argentines chose Freedom. In a stunning upset, the South American country elected an upstart libertarian candidate Javier Milea, an economist who promised to cut spending, reduce bloated budgets, and use economic shock therapy to save the resource […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 20, 2023 A populist outsider who drew comparisons to the rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement soared to a landslide victory in Argentina’s vote for president on Sunday after Buenos Aires switched to paper ballots. Javier Milei won 56 percent of the vote, compared to 44 percent for socialist […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, October 29, 2023 “It’s the last bus stop in the world,” a former New Zealand Prime Minister once told me while he was visiting New York. Indeed, a remote South Pacific island nation of merely 5 million souls known for the Kiwi, its All Blacks Rugby team, and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 26, 2023 A 50-year-old man who identifies as a “girl” was allowed into the locker room and to compete in a swimming competition near Toronto with girls aged 13 and 14. The man, Nicholas J. Cepeda, competed under the name Melody Wiseheart as a member of the Orangeville Otters Swim Club […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2023 More than 2,000 illegal aliens per day are crossing Joe Biden’s open border into the Texas town of Eagle Pass. Video from Eagle Pass, where more than 60,000 illegals have crossed the Rio Grande into the town in September, showed Border Patrol agents cutting razor wire to allow illegals […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 17, 2023 Javier Milei, an economist and conservative lawmaker who is leading in Argentina’s presidential election polls, urged Americans to have no mercy on socialists and their ideas and to “cut their financing and make them compete on a level playing field.” In a conversation with Tucker Carlson published online on […]
