Columnist Andres Oppenheimer

Andres Oppenheimer

In 2015, people had to wait for a store to open while managers adjusted prices because of inflation.

Andres Oppenheimer

Venezuela may reach a 10 million percent inflation rate — and 10 million refugees. Can the region handle that?

If the latest IMF and World Bank projections materialize, hunger and violence will escalate even further in Venezuela, and millions more will try to flee the country.

Police tape keeps a gate closed at the offices of independent Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro after police forces staged an overnight raid.

After the latest U.S. sanctions against President Daniel Ortega’s regime and his police forces’ recent attack on the offices of respected independent journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, economists are forecasting a worsening economic and political crisis next year.

Venezuelans crowd the bridge that leads across the Colombian border.

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Forecast of 8 million Venezuelan refugees should raise alarm bells across the Americas

A Brookings Institution study says the number of Venezuelan refugees will escalate to 8 million in the near future. That would surpass the Syrian refugee crisis and could destabilize Latin America.

Critics refer to Bolivan President Evo Morales as “Ego Morales,” among other things, because he built a $7.1 million museum to himself last year.

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Bolivian President Evo Morales is carrying out a slow-motion coup. Why isn’t the region talking about it?

The Trump administration has denounced the authoritarian regimes of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba, but rarely talks about Bolivia.

A growing number of hotels in Japan are already using robots as clerks to register guests.

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Rise in tourism will create millions of new jobs, as robots kill many others

A new report by the World Travel and Tourism Council projects that a steep rise in international tourism will create 61 million new jobs in G-20 countries. That may help offset some of the millions of factory and office jobs that will be replaced by robots and smart computers.

President Nicolás Maduro addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.

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Venezuela’s opposition must regain momentum by Jan. 10, or Maduro will get a second wind

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s overture to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro threatens to weaken Latin America’s Group of Lima diplomatic efforts to isolate the Venezuelan regime.

Cuban doctors assemble to meet Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel after landing in Havana on Nov. 23. They are among the first group to leave Brazil after the medical program was suspended.

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Cuban doctors in Brazil file lawsuit claiming U.N. agency made $75 million from “slave trade.” If true, it’s criminal.

At least four Cuban doctors in Brazil say the Pan American Health Organization not only supervised a Brazil-Cuba deal under which they were forced to work for less than 10 percent of their salary, but that the regional institution made millions from the deal.

Mexico’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, awaits the beginning of a press conference. He will be inaugurated on Dec. 1.

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Mexico’s President López Obrador is starting off on the wrong foot, and he’s not even in office yet

Mexico’s leftist president elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s economic announcements, as well as his invitation to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro to attend his inauguration, are already hurting the economy and driving down his approval ratings.

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Colombia will find it hard to accept another 1 million Venezuelan migrants

Colombia Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez said her country cannot carry the full weight of Venezuelan migrants, with more than 1 million already seeking refuge.

A robot named Pepper stands in the lobby of the Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas. Pepper is programmed to interact with guests and answer pre-programmed questions.

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Trump, world leaders at G-20 summit must tackle robots’ impact on our jobs

In Las Vegas hotels, robots take meals to guests’ rooms, and robotic barmen prepare casino patrons’ drinks — allegedly much better than those made by their human counterparts.

Venezuelans who oppose President Maduro, shown protesting his oppressive government in 2016, are planning to protest again in January as he starts a new six-year term.

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More than 40 countries may cut diplomatic ties with Venezuela. Fine, but would it do any good?

Dozens of Latin American and European countries are planning to cut or downgrade diplomatic relations with dictator Nicolás Maduro. While a largely symbolic gesture, it could set the stage for more meaningful actions.

Cuban doctors no longer will be sent to provide healthcare in rural areas of Brazil.

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro is no hero, but he’s right to end Cuban doctors’ slave-labor program

The Brazil-Cuba agreement under which thousands of Cuban doctors worked in Brazil’s rural areas was scandalous, and the World Health Organization’s Pan American Health Organization looked the other way.

American universities are luring fewer foreign students, especially those from Latin America.

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The number of new foreign students in U.S. colleges is falling — and that’s really bad news

New foreign student enrollments in U.S. universities if falling for the second year in a row, especially from Latin American countries. Academics say President Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric may have something to do with it.

A Mexican boy reaches his arm through the border fence in San Ysidro, California in 2016.

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With Democrats in charge, U.S. House will try to build bridges to Latin America instead of walls

The new Democrat-controlled House is highly unlikely to fund President Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico and will seek to restore temporary Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan, Honduran, Salvadoran and Haitian refugees.

Mexico’s leftist president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, pushes back against Latin American democracies’ efforts to isolate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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By inviting Maduro to mingle with leaders, Mexico’s López Obrador breaks with region’s diplomatic efforts to isolate Venezuela

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to attend President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Dec. 1 inauguration in Mexico. That would be a big blow to the Group of Lima of Latin American democracies that have shunned the dictator.

President Trump embraces Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who is in a tight race with Democrat Beto O’Rourke.

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Hispanics, blacks, Jews, gays and other minorities should vote against Trump’s candidates

An opposition victory on Tuesday would convince President Trump that his anti-immigration demagoguery didn’t work and would force him to move closer to the center.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate DeSantis should control his temper when asked legitimate questions

Miami Herald columnist Andres Oppenheimer asked the Republican candidate for Florida governor: “What do you say to people who say that you’re bringing the worst out of people?”

The media, mainly CNN, is often a target of President Trump during his midterm election rallies

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A horrible time for journalists - and not just in Cuba and Venezuela

The killing of a Washington Post columnist in Turkey, and the bombs sent to CNN and prominent U.S. public figures in recent days are only the latest reminders of an increasingly hostile climate against U.S. journalists. Did Trump’s comments that journalists are “the enemies of the people” make things worse?

Thousands of Honduran migrants resumed their march toward the United States on Sunday from the southern Mexican city of Ciudad Hidalgo.

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Trump is exploiting illegal immigration, rather than trying to stop it

Trump is using the caravan of Central American migrants heading to the U.S. border to energize his base for the Nov. 6 mid-term elections. Democrats are largely ignoring the issue and focusing on Trump’s cuts in health benefits. But is that a smart strategy?

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