Stalinist Cuba, mass graves, and a U.S. president’s legacy

Stalinist Cuba, mass graves, and a U.S. president’s legacy

Special to WorldTribune.com By Frank Calzon On Jan. 8, 1959, as Fidel Castro entered Havana in triumph and the dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba, Raul Castro opened up a mass grave in Santiago and immediately executed seventy one Cubans without due process. As the Obama Administration begins a final year of diplomatic appeasement of tyrants […]

2016: Light vs darkness, time to solve Syria, opportunity in Latin America, rising China threat

2016: Light vs darkness, time to solve Syria, opportunity in Latin America, rising China threat

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — It’s time to consult the crystal snow globe for a look at both the likely and unexpected events which will shape the New Year. Serious strife both in the Middle East, and Africa to a lesser extent, have expanded leading to a culture of conflict […]

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 9: Obama administration intervened in Argentine probe of Iranian leader, Jewish center bombing

2015 GREATEST HITS, NO. 9: Obama administration intervened in Argentine probe of Iranian leader, Jewish center bombing

Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON, Jan. 23, 2015 — The United States pressed Argentina to end its investigation of Iranian complicity in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in which nearly 100 people were killed. Western diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama urged Argentina on several occasions to either stop or limit […]

Argentina’s new leader takes bold steps to escape statism, with help from China

Argentina’s new leader takes bold steps to escape statism, with help from China

Special to WorldTribune.com GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs BUENOS AIRES — Market-oriented President Mauricio Macri of Argentina moved almost immediately after he was sworn in to office on Dec. 10, to radically transform the national economy and ethos, which had been held largely in stasis under either the Perónistas or the military for much of the […]

New Argentine president opts to scrap Iran accord

New Argentine president opts to scrap Iran accord

Special to WorldTribune.com Newly-elected Argentine President Maruicio Macri’s decision to cancel an agreement that could have absolved Iran of responsibility for a 1994 terror attack on a Jewish facility in Buenos Aires was praised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Macri chose not to appeal a court ruling against Iran in the bombing of the […]

Report: Canada under Liberals’ Trudeau to bar entry to single male refugees from Syria

Report: Canada under Liberals’ Trudeau to bar entry to single male refugees from Syria

Special to WorldTribune.com Canada’s new Liberal government has decided to stop all single male Syrian refugees from entering the country. Sources told the Canadian CBC news network that “to deal with some ongoing concerns around security, unaccompanied men seeking asylum will not be part of the program.” Canada had pledged to take in 25,000 Syrian […]

Obama’s Keystone pipe dream helps rogue states and harms environment, U.S. workers and Canada

Obama’s Keystone pipe dream helps rogue states and harms environment, U.S. workers and Canada

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama has cancelled the Keystone XL, ending a seven year saga in which the pipeline from Alberta, Canada would have provided 800,000 barrels of oil to the USA on a daily basis. By scuttling the controversial deal which has been part of an […]

Cuban Caudillo Raul Castro visits Mexico, again talks trade

Cuban Caudillo Raul Castro visits Mexico, again talks trade

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, MexiData.info Cuban dictator Raul Castro, the “President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers,” has just paid a visit to Mexico. On Nov. 6, Raul arrived to the city of Merida on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Raul met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, with […]

Canada is cool again with return to trendy Trudeau-mania

Canada is cool again with return to trendy Trudeau-mania

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The sweeping electoral victory of Canada’s Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau after ten years of Conservative party government, sets a new agenda and political template for Canada. But beyond retail politics as usual in Ottawa, Justin Trudeau’s win may signal a transformational moment for Canada […]

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