Juan P. Villasmil

1 week ago | thespectator.com | Juan P. Villasmil

As American eyes remain fixed on the Middle East — understandably so — China has been rolling out the red carpet for Latin America, and we have barely noticed. While Xi Jinping welcomes Colombia, one of Washington’s historically reliable allies, into the controversial Belt and Road Initiative, he’s also introducing visa-free entry for South America’s largest economies and greeting regional leaders in Beijing with billion-dollar credit lines and lavish, all-expenses-paid political junkets.

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Juan P. Villasmil

As American eyes remain fixed on the Middle East — understandably so — China has been rolling out the red carpet for Latin America, and we have barely noticed. While Xi Jinping welcomes Colombia, one of Washington’s historically reliable allies, into the controversial Belt and Road Initiative, he’s also introducing visa-free entry for South America’s largest economies and greeting regional leaders in Beijing with billion-dollar credit lines and lavish, all-expenses-paid political junkets.

3 weeks ago | theamericanconservative.com | Juan P. Villasmil

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... President Donald Trump is set to embark on the first international trip of his second term this Tuesday, beginning with a high-profile stop in Saudi Arabia. In Riyadh, he is expected to meet not only with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but reportedly with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, and, in a stunning twist of regional fate, Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa.

2 months ago | theamericanconservative.com | Juan P. Villasmil

Politics Are the El Salvador Deportations Justifiable? Do unparalleled abuses demand unparalleled solutions? Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele earned thanks from President Donald Trump for receiving 261 deportees from the U.S., including members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua, into his country’s prison system.

2 months ago | thespectator.com | James R. Snell |Jacob Heilbrunn |Daryl McCann |Juan P. Villasmil

Fans of South Park are familiar with the long-running gag involving the show’s portrayal of Canadians as crudely animated, detail-less animated cutouts, perpetually outraged — almost always an overreaction to something America has done.