/commentary Commentary en-US WLRN Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-09-05/elon-musk-brazil-x-democracy COMMENTARY Amid this election, we have to figure out how to keep toxic disinformation like X's from undermining U.S. democracy — while remembering that protecting the rights of even Musk muck is what underpins U.S. democracy. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-09-05/elon-musk-brazil-x-democracy Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-08-29/trump-jan-6-indictment-caracas COMMENTARY Donald Trump undoubtedly sees in the U.S. Supreme Court's new, reckless notion of presidential immunity the same carte blanche Venezuela's high court just handed dictator Nicolás Maduro. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-08-29/trump-jan-6-indictment-caracas Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-08-22/venezuela-election-denial-trump-maduro COMMENTARY The vicious election denialism we're watching in Venezuela should warn us about a repeat of Jan. 6 here if Trump loses — and of the responsibility leaders like Miami's GOP Congress members have to prevent it. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-08-22/venezuela-election-denial-trump-maduro Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-08-15/venezuela-maduro-democracy-election-lula-amlo-guillen COMMENTARY A generation ago, U.S. cold warrior Henry Kissinger coddled Latin America's right-wing monsters. Today the region's tyrants are left-wing — and so are their Kissinger-esque enablers. Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-08-15/venezuela-maduro-democracy-election-lula-amlo-guillen Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-08-08/venezuela-election-fraud-crisis-maduro-petro-rubio COMMENTARY Coddling apologists on the left and get-tough hardliners on the right loudly insist they have the solution to Venezuela's electoral fraud crisis. They don't. Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-08-08/venezuela-election-fraud-crisis-maduro-petro-rubio Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-08-01/maduro-maisanta-venezuela-latin-america COMENTARIO: El fraude electoral criminal de Nicolás Maduro cementa su lugar en la galería de los dictadores venezolanos — y destruye de una vez por todas la tradición fundadora de su “revolución” socialista podrida. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:36:33 GMT /commentary/2024-08-01/maduro-maisanta-venezuela-latin-america Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-08-01/maduro-maisanta-venezuela-election-fraud-dictator COMMENTARY Nicolás Maduro's criminal electoral fraud cements his place in Venezuela's gallery of notorious dictators — and destroys his rotted revolution's founding lore. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-08-01/maduro-maisanta-venezuela-election-fraud-dictator Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-07-18/a-south-american-soccer-boss-is-arrested-for-assault-how-fitting COMMENTARY The loutish example of soccer bosses like Ramón Jesurún helps explain the hooligan behavior of soccer fans like those who stormed Hard Rock Stadium at the Copa America final. Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-07-18/a-south-american-soccer-boss-is-arrested-for-assault-how-fitting Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-07-11/trump-vp-rubio-latinos-reagan-democrats-florida COMMENTARY More Latinos today are apt to identify with a conservative white Cuban like Florida Senator Marco Rubio — so he's likely to be Donald Trump's running mate. Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:03:00 GMT /commentary/2024-07-11/trump-vp-rubio-latinos-reagan-democrats-florida Tim Padgett /commentary/2024-07-04/biden-trump-debate-latin-america COMMENTARY By not stepping aside, President Biden risks imitating the egotism he rightly condemns in Trump — and which America says it warns Latin America against. Thu, 04 Jul 2024 11:00:00 GMT /commentary/2024-07-04/biden-trump-debate-latin-america Tim Padgett