COMMENTARY President Trump's specious assertion that trafficking deadly drugs into the U.S. constitutes war should also apply to deadly goods trafficked out of the U.S. — especially Florida guns.

COMMENTARY It's understandable to label violent drug cartels as terrorists — but that still doesn't make U.S. military attacks on them, like last week's in the Caribbean, justifiable under international law.

COMMENTARY The U.S. military strike on a suspected Venezuelan narco-boat raises the question: is Trump eyeing Nicolás Maduro in the same ill-fated way George W. Bush once eyed Saddam Hussein?

COMMENTARY The deadly accident involving an undocumented trucker and three Floridians should prompt mature bipartisan immigration reform — instead of juvenile bipartisan fingerpointing.

COMMENTARY President Trump is reviving a longstanding U.S. urge to have the military fight the hemisphere's drug cartels — but history suggests sending troops to take down traffickers usually ends badly.

COMMENTARY The U.S. has indicted Haitian gang ruler Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier — but he and his Viv Ansanm confederation hold the cards in Port-au-Prince as long as they don't face real force.

COMMENTARY Donald Trump admires Argentine President Javier Milei — so why is Trump pushing economic policies so divorced from the commonsense approach of what's being called the Milei Miracle?

COMMENTARY The historic conviction of ex-Colombian President Alvaro Uribe offers his countrymen — including the South Florida diaspora — an opportunity to share blame for their national conflict.

COMMENTARY The real reason President Trump is threatening tariffs in order to quash ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's coup-plot trial? The case is too big a reminder of his own alleged sedition.

COMMENTARY The gang burning of one of Haiti's most iconic landmarks is more brazen destruction not just of the country — but of Haitians' self-esteem, which President Trump has also assailed.