Tim Padgett

COMMENTARY Jeff Bezos' Miami roots should have warned him to avoid the unmistakable impression that he let The Washington Post cave to the intimidation of an authoritarian bully like Donald Trump.

A meme appearing in recent days on social media uses a dog to depict Nicaraguan parolee migrants ( Los Paroleros ) who growl when asked about Donald Trump (left frame) but smile when asked about brutal Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega (right frame), a patently false inference that they are Ortega agents and therefore should be deported, as Trump has pledged to do.

Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party candidate for Governor, shows her ballot during general elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

COMMENTARY Democrats might not have been so dismissive of populist Donald Trump's inflation exploitation strategy if they had paid attention — as he did — to how well it worked for fellow populist Javier Milei in Argentina.

Puerto Rican voters carry the Puerto Rican flag before Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak at a campaign rally, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C.

A police officer looks on during an exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

COMMENTARY Democrats who are in denial about the liberal condescension that helped elect Donald Trump are a lot like Venezuelans who are still in denial about the elitist corruption that helped bring Hugo Chávez to power.

President-elect Trump has pledged to deport millions of undocumented migrants — including a million in Florida — but the immigrants most vulnerable to his sweep may actually be those who are here legally.

COMMENTARY If a Secretary of State Marco Rubio hopes to rally Latin America against left-wing despots like Nicolás Maduro by exalting right-wing despots like Nayib Bukele, it could backfire.

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for crimes against the humanity — leaving Venezuelans to ask when the same will happen to their brutal leader, Nicolás Maduro.