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By Carlos Alberto Montaner A national survey by CNN places Donald Trump two points above Hillary Clinton, 45 to 43. Given that the margin of error is 3 points, the two candidates are practically tied. But there is another interesting fact. Half of the respondents perceive Trump as more honest and trustworthy; only 35 percent […]
By Carlos Alberto Montaner It may have been the largest march in Venezuela’s history. Did it serve for anything? We’ll get to that. I begin my analysis with a view of the government. Maduro and the Cuban DGI agents, who actually rule the country, faced a dilemma: in the face of a giant demonstration, should […]
By Carlos Alberto Montaner The Colombians are going to vote Yes or No. That’s what plebiscites are for. The government asks a question — “Do you want to put an end to the war in Colombia?” — and the people express their opinion. Because the Colombians are not showing much enthusiasm, the government has arranged […]
by Carlos Alberto Montaner On Saturday, Aug. 13, Fidel Castro marks his 90th birthday. He was severely ill a decade ago, but has survived several complicated intestinal surgeries and the degeneration typical of such an advanced age, including some cerebral deficits, as happens to 93 percent of all nonagenarians. His older brother Ramón, who Fidel […]
By Carlos Alberto Montaner In Venezuela, people go hungry. It’s the revolution. No matter that the country is potentially the richest in the world. The same happened in 1921 in the newly born Soviet Union. One million Russians starved to death. Lenin was overjoyed. “The revolution and I are like that, madam.” Farmers were forbidden […]
By Carlos Alberto Montaner One day before the Democratic convention, Hillary Clinton traveled to Florida to introduce her vice presidential candidate: Tim Kaine, senator from Virginia and former governor of that state. A moderate Democrat, friendly, known as a decent person who learned Spanish as a missionary in Honduras. He taught young men to work […]
by Carlos Alberto Montaner Judging from the noise of the press, there were three major highlights at the Republican convention that just ended in Cleveland. The first was the unnecessary cribbing of a couple of paragraphs from a 2008 speech by Michelle Obama into the text of Mrs. Melania Trump’s speech by a careless and […]
By Carlos Alberto Montaner Mr. Donald Trump assures us that, under his presidency, the United States will again be an extraordinary country. As soon as he triumphs at the polls, he asserts, he will retrieve the jobs that, according to him, have been moved to Asia or Mexico. Illegal immigrants and terrorists won’t be able […]
by Carlos Alberto Montaner César Nombela, the President of the Menéndez and Pelayo International University in Santander, Spain, is a prestigious researcher in the field of microbiology. Dr. Nombela and the governing council had the reasonable idea to award former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe the institution’s Medal of Honor, as they had formerly done with […]
Interamerican Institute for Democracy Interamerican Bar Association Demos of the Americas ICCAS, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla. Carlos Alberto Montaner May 24, 2016 Before I start, I must make a double disclaimer that’s absolutely necessary. Although my presence here tonight is due to my nature as president of the Interamerican Institute for Democracy, the […]
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