Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 26, 2021 On Jan. 31 of last year, President Donald Trump issued a coronavirus travel ban for China, where the virus originated. The next day, Joe Biden, in saying he opposed the travel ban, accused Trump of engaging in “hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering.” On Monday, Biden’s team announced it will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler BUENOS AIRES — Two of Latin America’s political heavyweights have put the squeeze on Venezuela’s increasingly authoritarian regime. In a meeting between Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsanaro, the leaders of the region’s two largest economies have stepped up pressures on Venezuela for […]
Sol W. Sanders The new year’s worldwide economic downturn has an interlocking effect: every national economy is searching to accommodate itself politically as well as economically to what looks to be an extended period of low growth. After longer or shorter periods of historically unrivaled prosperity, they are feeling for a “bottom” — a level […]
