5 results for "Andres Oppenheimer"
Andres Oppenheimer: Will new pope challenge Latin American leftists?
Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 12:00 AMOne of the biggest questions about Pope Francis is whether he will be a politically activist pontiff who – much as he has done in Argentina – will be a thorn in the side of leftist-populist governments throughout Latin America. Some sa...
Andres Oppenheimer: Hugo Chavez's 'revolution' won't lose steam in Venezuela
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 3:12 PMVenezuelan President Hugo Chávez's death will most likely mark the beginning of the end of Venezuela's political clout in Latin America, but his influence inside Venezuela is likely to last for many decades.
Andres Oppenheimer: Really important news of 2012 received much smaller headlines
Friday, December 28, 2012 at 12:00 AMMost media lists of the most important events of 2012 are led by headlines such as the re-election of President Barack Obama, the appointment of China's new leader Xi Jinping, the revolt in Syria, the return to power of Mexico's ruling P...
Andres Oppenheimer: New president of Mexico has luck, economic conditions on his side
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:00 AMNew Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto will have a big advantage over his two most recent predecessors – he's lucky. Peña Nieto, 46, a politician from the traditionally authoritarian Institutional Revolutionary Party ...
Andres Oppenheimer: Uruguay president's plan to sell marijuana may not be that crazy
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 12:00 AMJudging from what Uruguayan President Jose Mujica recently told me in an extended interview, there is a real possibility that people in his country will soon be able to buy marijuana legally from a state-regulated company that will be in charge ...
