The Dangers of Illegal Gold Mining in South America
by Patricia Zanini-Graca In February, the Peruvian Armed Forces Joint Command and the Peruvian National Police started Operation Mercury 2019,
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Latin America
What Comes Next in Venezuela?
by Michael Dombrowski For weeks, Venezuela has been caught in a political crisis between the incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and
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The Propaganda Fight in Venezuela: Who Burned the Aid Trucks?
There is a propaganda fight in Venezuela. While Maduro’s regime blames the U.S. for the country’s crisis, unverified reports by
Read MoreThe Price of Democracy in Brazil
by Patricia Zanini Graca Last Sunday, Brazil closed another cycle of direct and democratic elections. In the lower house, Brazilian
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Why the UN Needs to Double its Efforts on LGBTQI Rights
by Sushant Naidu In December 2016, Earle Courtenay Rattray, the Jamaican Ambassador to the UN, mentioned that he would receive
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Leaving No One Behind: A Partnership between the United Nations and Faith-Based Organizations
By Roger Alfani In 1994, authors of the book edited by Douglas Johnson and Cynthia Sampson, Religion, the Missing Dimension
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The Brazilian Presidential Election: When Will Corruption End?
by Patricia Zanini-Graca The Brazilian presidential election of 2018 will have the largest number of candidates since the 1989 cycle
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It’s Time to Revisit Nicaragua’s Initial Position on the Paris Climate Agreement
by Meagan Torello In the summer of 2017, President Trump made the divisive decision to have the United States withdraw
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Defusing Venezuela
By Julia Buxton Venezuela, location of the world’s largest crude oil reserves, sits in the increasingly congested category of 2018
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Venezuela’s Future: More of the Same?
Venezuela’s Future: More of the Same? How different would Venezuela be without President Nicolas Maduro? Three things are certain: 1)
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