News of David Smith

David Smith

Former foreign correspondent for Britain’s ITN network, who later represented the United Nations secretary-general in Argentina.

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Trump, the elected autocrat

Yesterday 09:51 The countdown to Trump's return to the White House represents an inflection point that the United States has never seen before.

by David Smith

United States Elections 2024

Shock ‘n awe

09-11-2024 06:07 The question now becomes how Trump will use the clear mandate he has won. The fears are obvious.

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US election: Harris or Trump? Trick or treat?

UNITED STATES ELECTION 2024

Why Trump is already victorious

31-10-2024 21:54 Virtually everything talked about has been from Trump’s agenda… on one level, he’s already victorious.

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GUEST COLUMN

Spain: The past is present

03-10-2024 19:54 I fear those who do not confront their history are condemned to live with it.

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UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The world this weekend

20-09-2024 10:04 Any action plans will hinge on the big players at the UN agreeing to make any consensus from a weekend like this work. And who are those players? Why, the United States, China, and Russia…

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ANALYSIS – US ELECTION 2024

The joy ride

05-09-2024 21:00 Will this US election be one of vibes, energy, passion, joy, or can policy fights erupt come debate time, and so have this historic campaign turn yet again?

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OPINION & ANALYSIS

Oh my Americas, the forgotten land

17-08-2024 07:47 Whether it’s energy, or minerals, lithium and copper, certainly food (think soy and wheat), Latin America should be the go-to arena for the wider world, not some afterthought.

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Javier Milei, pictured as he delivers an election night speech after the run-off.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Democracy: Argentina's lucha continues

06-01-2024 07:31 While we have so much to worry about, from the national debt, to the inflationary spiral, to the temperament of the new leader, democracy is a given.

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ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Brexit Britain, Jair, Mauricio and the Trump effect

08-06-2019 09:40 Maybe, instead of dismissing the Trump era as a phase that will surely pass, we have to acknowledge that we have seen the Trump effect down our way, in Latin America, too.

by David Smith

THE DEATH OF A HUMANITARIAN

The late Kofi Annan: my boss – and my friend

25-08-2018 12:19 Last Saturday, the day that Kofi Annan died, the gaggle of folks who had worked closely with him at the United Nations united quickly around the thought, shared between us on WhatsApp and email.

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opinion and analysis

Mugabe: the despot who was once ‘our man’ in Africa

26-11-2017 01:50 In the election campaign that brought him to power in a landslide, they tortured, they maimed, they crippled, and they killed.

by David Smith