In a shocking move Thursday afternoon, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pulled out of the race for speaker of the House, throwing the GOP leadership race into chaos and confusion. According to Republican congressmen coming out of the caucus meeting — where lawmakers were expected to pick a successor... Leer más
It’s not just Congress that fails to respond after another massacre briefly focuses attention on the irrationality and permissiveness of our country’s firearms statutes. Those of us seeking change also regularly fall down on the job. We express outrage and move on, leaving the debate exactly where we found it.... Leer más
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A week has passed since J. J. Vicari huddled underneath a desk while gunshots exploded in the classroom next door. Now he is thinking about guns. Not about tightening gun laws, as President Obama urged after nine people were killed at the community college here. But about... Leer más
Juan Carlos Mathews, economista de la Universidad del Pacífico, analiza el TPP. Leer más
Close to a decade in the making, the most important trade pact in a generation moved closer to becoming a reality on Monday. Thanks to the alphabet soup of acronyms and the byzantine path the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has taken, and the secrecy in which talks have been conducted, many people have... Leer más
After months of not committing to a position on President Obama’s proposed Asia trade deal, Hillary Clinton came out against it Wednesday. «I have said from the very beginning that we had to have a trade agreement that would create good American jobs, raise wages and advance our national security,... Leer más
During the past half-century, 59 million immigrants have moved to the United States, making it the No. 1 immigrant destination on the planet. Much of the influx is a result of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which opened America’s doors to all nationalities on a roughly equal basis and ended the... Leer más
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is preparing to release roughly 6,000 inmates from federal prisons starting at the end of this month as part of an effort to ease overcrowding and roll back the harsh penalties given to nonviolent drug dealers in the 1980s and ’90s, according to federal law... Leer más
Nocivo y perjudicial Miguel Palacios Celi, médico cirujano La negociación del Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico (TPP) es una iniciativa de 12 economías miembros del Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia–Pacífico (APEC). El Perú ya cuenta con tratados comerciales con seis países que negocian el TPP: Canadá, México, EEUU, Chile, Japón y... Leer más
La Comisión de Salud y Población del Congreso de Perú acordó citar para mañana a la ministra de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, Magali Silva, para que explique los detalles del Acuerdo de Asociación Transpacífico (TPP) y el posible aumento del precio de los medicamentos. El congresista Aldo Bardález, quien preside... Leer más
