La torre más alta de Centroamérica, en Panamá, cinco edificios de oficinas y un hotel de lujo en Río de Janeiro y un proyecto aún por empezar en Buenos Aires son tres de las operaciones inmobiliarias que llevan el apellido Trump en América Latina y que podrían representar un conflicto... Leer más
When Donald Trump, hand on the Bible on Jan. 20, swears to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we the people will have good reason to doubt he knows what he’s talking about. Consider what he tweeted out on Tuesday: “Nobody should be allowed to burn... Leer más
What we’re seeing in the Trump transition are numerous conflicts of interest that are unprecedented in U.S. history, and potentially violate the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Elaine Kamarck explained in a Brookings podcast. Transitions are a complex business even without involving actions that will land the new administration... Leer más
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a general for his national security advisor and is considering several generals for the job of Pentagon chief. But ensconcing yet another general at the State Department — even one who was once the most celebrated of his generation — may be too brassy for... Leer más
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein is taking steps to initiate a recount in Pennsylvania, three days after filing for a recount in Wisconsin. Recount requests were filed Monday in more than 100 Pennsylvania precincts, according to her campaign. «The Stein recount effort is mobilizing concerned voters across Pennsylvania to... Leer más
President-elect Donald Trump spent Sunday ridiculing Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign for joining a recount effort in Wisconsin, ending his day on Twitter by parroting a widely debunked conspiracy theory that her campaign benefited from massive voter fraud. As his senior advisers engaged in an escalating feud over who the next... Leer más
Donald Trump’s economic strategy is severely flawed. The US president-elect wants to restore growth via deficit spending in a country with a chronic shortfall of saving. This points to a further compression in national saving, making a widening of an already outsize trade gap all but inevitable. That dynamic unmasks... Leer más
In the Dakota language, the word “oahe” signifies “a place to stand on.” And that’s what the Standing Rock Sioux and its allies in the environmental and activist movements say they are doing: using Lake Oahe in North Dakota as a place to take a stand by setting up camps... Leer más
El temerario arribo de Donald Trump a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos me ha hecho recordar pasajes patéticos consignados en mi novela Las Cicatrices del Viento. Me fue imposible olvidar momentos catastróficos padecidos en América Latina y en el mundo entero, inspirados en la política del Gran Garrote, el... Leer más
Donald Trump parece que cumplirá, parte o todo, de lo prometido en campaña en lo que se refiere a su postura frente al comercio internacional. Ciertamente que la idea tiene defensores y detractores. Cada uno evalúa los hechos de distinta manera y todos los puntos de vista son respetables. Si... Leer más
