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wlrn.org | Tim Padgett
COMMENTARY When Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. leaders hurl partisan blame for political violence like Colombia's, it only encourages reckless responses to violence like Minnesota's. As Secretary of State, Marco Rubio should understand that the way America responds to political violence abroad can affect the way America responds to political violence at home. Which is why, as Americans try to make sense of the senseless assassination of Democratic Minnesota state Rep.
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1 week ago |
wlrn.org | Tim Padgett
Nicaragua’s first female president, Violeta Chamorro — who died in exile in San José, Costa Rica, on Saturday at age 95 — was best known for her stunning 1990 election victory over the country's ruling Marxist Sandinistas. Her landmark victory ended Nicaragua's decade-long civil war between the Sandinistas and U.S.-backed Contra rebels.
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1 week ago |
wlrn.org | Tim Padgett
Saturday's nationwide demonstrations against President Donald Trump were largely about his alleged threats to democracy — but in communities like Miami, even Trump supporters decried his anti-immigrant crusade. Like the rest of the 2,000 or so "No Kings" protests against Trump’s policies, the downtown Miami demonstration was a loud but largely peaceful event.
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2 weeks ago |
wlrn.org | Tim Padgett
Venezuela is still firmly in the grip of a socialist dictatorship. But the country's popular opposition leader hopes to hasten the regime’s fall — in part by selling Venezuela’s big capitalist potential. María Corina Machado is in hiding from the regime in Venezuela. But Thursday morning she appeared on a Zoom videoconference, hosted by the Americas Society/Council of the Americas, touting a major economic plan for post-dictatorship Venezuela.
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2 weeks ago |
wlrn.org | Tim Padgett
COMMENTARY A new poll shows most Americans back President Trump's immigration and deportation policies — which means protesters this weekend need to build, not burn, bridges to them. As anti-Trump protesters look ahead to nationwide and South Florida demonstrations on Saturday, they might want to look back at anti-Clinton protests here on the streets of Miami.
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The partisan leash #Mexico's ruling party just clamped on the country's judiciary is a warning that America's courts are also in the crosshairs of a president pushing loyalty over legality. My @WLRN commentary.https://t.co/mT5QacriDK
The partisan leash #Mexico's ruling party just clamped on the country's judiciary should be a warning that America's courts are also in the crosshairs of a president pushing loyalty over legality. My @WLRN commentary.https://t.co/mT5QacriDK
Morena's #Mexico reminds us democracy firewalls can be hacked in Trump's America, too. My @WLRN commentary.https://t.co/mT5QacriDK