Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall The arrival of a new year is accompanied by new murder statistics from the previous year in Mexico. It is a grisly tally, to be sure. One can always hope it will be lower than the previous year. Sadly, that didn’t occur this past year. As reported by CNN, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2018 Attorneys for legendary drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán said there is no need to keep jurors in his federal trial anonymous and under armed guard. Why? El Chapo has vowed not to have them killed. Special protection “sends the message to each juror that he or she needs […]
Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 20, 2017 Five of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump’s border wall have been completed. The president shared a montage of construction work footage on Twitter. The Department of Homeland Security said it will being to test the designs next week to determine which ones best prevent illegal aliens from entering […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall There’s trouble across the pond, in la madre patria, and Mexico cannot escape being pulled into it. I refer to the constitutional crisis facing Spain, in which the northeastern region of Catalonia may secede from the kingdom. First, a bit of history. Modern Spain was formed as a result […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Trump may have just committed political suicide. He announced that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as DACA, will be rescinded, but only after a six-month delay. The reason: Trump wants to give Congress the opportunity to pass a legislative amnesty for the so-called “Dreamers.” This […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 Latin American nations should not fall prey to the U.S.’s “coercive behavior” and should reject calls for them to sever relations with North Korea, a spokesperson for the North’s Foreign Ministry said. Pyongyang said U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s move to openly press Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall Venezuela, in South America, is a beautiful country and rich in natural resources, possessing the world’s largest known oil reserves. For many years it was a stable country, but the past several decades have brought it to disaster. The economy is in shambles, with a drastic shortage of consumer […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 28, 2017 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will build four to eight border wall prototypes this summer in San Diego. Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner at Customs and Border Protection, said the prototypes will be used to evaluate what kind of barrier is most effective in combating drug […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall Readers may note that several reports and evaluations of Mexican violence in 2016 have now been released, in calendar year 2017. As examples: 1. According to statistics of the Mexican government itself, murders in Mexico increased in 2016. See Mexico’s murder rate spiked in 2016 due to ‘ongoing shifts […]
