The government of Venezuela has little over $10 billion of foreign reserves cash, CNN reports, suggesting it will soon run out of funds completely. The nation’s socialist government has vowed not to default on its debts but has done little to stop the…
Author: Frances Martel
Duterte Vows ‘Many More Killings’ After Philippines Moves to Reinstate Death Penalty
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his belief that killing drug criminals was necessary to protect his nation’s youth from the methamphetamine addiction engulfing the Philippines, declaring that killing such criminals is “not a crime aga…
Colombia Approves First Amnesty Requests from Terrorists Under FARC Deal
The Colombian government announced Wednesday that it had approved for an amnesty and rehabilitation program four members of the Marxist terror organization FARC, the beginning of the implementation of a peace deal expected to allow 4,500 terrorists to…
Trump Vows Teamwork with ‘Allies in the Muslim World’ to ‘Demolish and Destroy ISIS’
During his address to a special joint session of Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump vowed to use his position as commander in chief to eradicate the Islamic State terrorist group and work with America’s “friends and allies in the Muslim world” t…
Trump Vows Teamwork with ‘Allies in the Muslim World’ to ‘Demolish and Destroy ISIS’
During his address to a special joint session of Congress Tuesday, President Donald Trump vowed to use his position as commander in chief to eradicate the Islamic State terrorist group and work with America’s “friends and allies in the Muslim world” t…
Report: Erdogan, Iraqi Kurdish Leader Discuss Rival to Syrian Kurds in Islamic State War
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed the war against the Islamic State and a plan to curb Syrian Kurdish influence with the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq (KRG) Masoud Barzani over the weekend.
Ecuador’s President Threatens to Dissolve Government if Socialists Lose Presidential Race
Rafael Correa, the socialist President of Ecuador, is threatening to use an obscure federal rule to dissolve both the executive and the legislature should pro-freedom center-right candidate Guillermo Lasso win the nation’s presidency in an April run-o…