Meanwhile in Argentina, Milei delivers shock therapy: ‘No Plan B, no ‘room for feelings’

Meanwhile in Argentina, Milei delivers shock therapy: ‘No Plan B, no ‘room for feelings’

by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2024 Under state control, Argentina’s economy became a disaster area. Cleaning up that disaster area will no doubt cause short-term pain, but President Javier Milei said he will not waiver from bringing a free market economy to the nation. “There is no Plan B,” Milei said on Tuesday in an […]

Correspondent spends New Year’s Eve tracking military-age Chinese streaming through Darien Gap

Correspondent spends New Year’s Eve tracking military-age Chinese streaming through Darien Gap

by WorldTribune Staff, January 2, 2024 A combat correspondent reporting from the Darien Gap in Panama on New Year’s Eve said he saw a stream of mostly military-age Chinese men strolling through what is the starting point for many illegal immigrants who plan to cross the southern border into the United States. Michael Yon, a […]

In just 3 weeks, Milei took sledgehammer to Argentina’s Deep State

In just 3 weeks, Milei took sledgehammer to Argentina’s Deep State

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 […]

President of El Salvador slams Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying Trump

President of El Salvador slams Colorado Supreme Court decision disqualifying Trump

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 […]

‘Not free’ Venezuela targets mineral-rich region in neighboring ‘Free’ Guyana

‘Not free’ Venezuela targets mineral-rich region in neighboring ‘Free’ Guyana

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 […]

Argentines chose freedom over more of the same old political tango

Argentines chose freedom over more of the same old political tango

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 […]

Argentina shocker: MAGA-style winner had like Trump charged election fraud

Argentina shocker: MAGA-style winner had like Trump charged election fraud

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 […]

Mugged by economic reality: A political tsunami sweeps southern hemisphere

Mugged by economic reality: A political tsunami sweeps southern hemisphere

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 […]

In ultra-woke Canada, 50-year-old man is allowed in swimming competition for 13 and 14-year-old girls

In ultra-woke Canada, 50-year-old man is allowed in swimming competition for 13 and 14-year-old girls

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 […]

Argentine conservative candidate: ‘I won’t do business with any communist’

Argentine conservative candidate: ‘I won’t do business with any communist’

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 […]