Whitney Eulich
Latin America Editor and Correspondent at The Christian Science Monitor
Latin America editor & correspondent @csmonitor. @ColumbiaSIPA alumna & sometimes radio producer/reporter/trainer. post ≠ endorsement [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich |Andrea Salcedo
Decades after the United States invaded Panama in 1989, Samuel Castañeda says the sounds and smells of that night – armored tanks rumbling, houses burning, and bullets flying around his neighborhood – still loom large in his memory. Today, a new kind of offensive is on Panamanian minds, as U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly threatens to wrest control of the Panama Canal back into American hands.
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1 month ago |
csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich
President Donald Trump has long accused Mexico of sending migrants and drugs to the United States. But in an unusual case heard before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, Mexico is arguing that the underlying cause of its crime and migration problems is actually American gun manufacturers. The Mexican government alleges that U.S. firearms manufacturers know their products are trafficked to Mexico and that they deliberately design and market weapons to appeal to this illegal – and profitable – market.
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2 months ago |
csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich
The U.S. State Department is drawing up a list of Latin American gangs and cartels to be labeled terrorist organizations this month, following President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order calling for their “total elimination.” The order already named the Venezuela-born Tren de Aragua group and El Salvador’s MS-13 gang. A terrorist designation for organized crime in Mexico could lay the groundwork for direct U.S. strikes against these illegal groups.
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2 months ago |
csmonitor.com | Whitney Eulich
If President Donald Trump’s plan is to make the United States a wholly unwelcoming place for refuge, it may be working.
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2 months ago |
csmonitor.com | Laurent Belsie |Jacob Turcotte |Sara Miller Llana |Whitney Eulich
With the self-assurance of an entrepreneur and the bluff of a big-time poker player, President Donald Trump inaugurated a new and uncertain era in U.S. trade relations this week. Hours before he was to initiate punishing 25% tariffs on America’s two largest trading partners, Mr. Trump agreed to a one-month delay. No trade missions to hash out details. Instead, the president relied on direct one-to-one calls with the leaders of Mexico and Canada to seal deals.
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RT @andreapsalcedo: For Panamanians, the canal is theirs. But who profits from it? My latest with @weulich https://t.co/0G5aKt3RcN
RT @ioangrillo: The U.S. could get rid of all visas for narco corrido singers. This is big. They make major money in US. There are many na…
RT @WillGFreeman: I did the math. The Mexican state of Zacatecas has a higher per capita rate of disappearances than Argentina during its…