FOCUS on Strongmen: Brazil’s Jair Bolorano
Brazil, Latin America’s largest nation, experienced a radical shift in democracy as far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the election.
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South America
Brazilian Elections Devolve
In the first round Brazil’s elections on October 7, the right-wing presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, failed to secure the 50 percent majority vote needed for an outright win, so the world must wait for the results of the second round.
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Locked out of Luck: ICJ Rules in Chile’s favor
On October 1, 2018, the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Chile could not be forced into negotiating a corridor in the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia. In Bolivia’s capital, La Paz, large screens were put up on display across town squares as the President of the ICJ, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusaf, delivered the courts final ruling.
Read MoreU.S. and Brazil Face Off Over Steel Tariff
The Brazillian government is trying to negotiate exemption from the Trump administration’s newly announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
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Hurricane Matthew Wreaks Havoc on Caribbean and American Southeast
Water surged to the roof lines of houses in Princeville, North Carolina last Thursday as Hurricane Matthew continued its campaign of widespread destruction and collateral damage. The United States was the last stop on the trail of the three-week long Category-Four hurricane.
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Colombia Rejected FARC Peace Deal – What Now?
By Alexander Stringer Staff Writer On August 24, the Colombian government shocked the world with the announcement that they had
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Is the Colombian-FARC Peace Perpetual?
While the disarming of FARC ideally decreases the chances of groups splintering and becoming yet more bactrims, the threat is still ever present. Every attempt to stem the violence has ended with more people getting hurt, whether it was the PU party summarily executed or the paramilitaries turning into better-armed street gangs.
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