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President Obama recently presented a nine-page plan to Congress outlining his goal of closing Guantanamo Bay detention center and ideas for relocation of remaining detainees. According to this plan, 35 of the 91 current detainees would be transferred to foreign countries. The other 56 detainees would be sent to a variety of prisons and military…
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The current climate of United States-Cuban relations represents a marked departure from a historical trend of US imperialism, and it is this shift in tone that has successfully catalyzed the reestablishment of diplomatic relations and laid the foundations for their future development. Whether directly or indirectly, the US has exerted its influence over Cuba at…
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This year marks an important point in Argentine history as current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner reaches the end of her two term limit and the country prepares to vote a new president into office. Nestor Kirchner, husband of Mrs. Kirchner, served as president prior to Mrs. Kirchner’s time in office. This year’s election will…
For the past few years, our news headlines have been rife with stories detailing the migration of thousands of people fleeing repressive regimes, wars, violent armed groups, and economic strife. In light of the most recent and ongoing migration crisis in Europe, it is important to reflect on these recent migration and refugee crises that…
Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court said in a decision on Tuesday that it would reopen an investigation into illegal campaign funds during President Dilma Rousseff’s re-election campaign. This political blow precedes a ruling by the Federal Accounts Court, known as TCU, which found that Rousseff’s government manipulated its accounts in 2014 to mask a ballooning deficit.…
This Spring Break, I traveled to Cuba for the first time ever. It is an immensely beautiful country filled with some of the kindest, joyous people I have ever met in my entire life. Everyone seems to be walking around with a smile on their face even though much of the country lives on no…
Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras is involved in one of the nation’s biggest corruption scandals to date. The ordeal began in March of 2013 when police arrested Paulo Roberto Costa, Petrobras’ Chief of Refining, in suspicion of money laundering. In a bid for sentencing leniency, Costa admitted to a much larger corruption scheme. Authorities allege…
On November 30th, Uruguayan voters made it abundantly clear that they were not in the mood for change by re-electing Tabaré Vázquez as President, a position he previously held from 2005 to 2010. This re-election came amid a robust year of economic growth with the nation’s economy growing an unprecedented 4.4% last year. Last Sunday’s…
The disappearance of 43 students from a teacher’s college in the small town of Ayotzinapa, Mexico this September has sparked outrage in Mexico and across the globe. Furthermore, this case has exposed the crime and corruption still underpinning Mexico’s political and law enforcement institutions. The students were traveling to participate in a day of “action”:…
For over half a century, Colombia has been engaged in an immense internal conflict. Rooted in U.S.-backed anti-communist repression in the 1960s as well as the 1948 assassination of populist leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the war has resulted in the deaths of over 220,000 people, most of them civilians. The main actors in the conflict…