Global South

An election gone wrong: Soldiers marching in the middle of the road, bullets whizzing through the air, protesters running for cover through thick clouds of tear gas. Unfortunate…
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More than three months ago Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, laying waste to the island. The response of the Trump administration has been deplorable. The federal government…
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One year into his disastrous tenure at the White House, Donald Trump has changed his tune and decided to terminate the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) that has allowed 60,000 Haitians…
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Early in November, President Maduro of Venezuela proposed a meeting with creditors to discuss a restructuring of Venezuelan public debt. The Trump administration reacted by warning U.S.…
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In response to a series of Thursday tweets from President Trump about Puerto Rico, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) took to the floor of the House of Representatives to respond rather quickly…
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Puerto Rico is devastated. Two hurricanes plunged the island into darkness and despair. Crops perish in the fields. The landscape of ruined buildings and towns resemble Hiroshima after…
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Clearly, Chavism is not a perfect form of governance; it has been unable to shed the corruption and inefficacy that are endemic in Venezuelan politics and has been powerless to…
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Last Wednesday (Sept. 13), Donald Trump met with Democratic leaders of Congress to reach a legislative accord that might protect the DREAMers, undocumented youths who came to the United…
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Last week, President Donald Trump added Venezuela to the list of countries upon which the United States might unleash its military might. The threat came out of nowhere and even the…
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The Brazilian right spawned the coup against the regional governments of the Workers' Party but now doesn't know what to do with its own government. The left produced Lula and the right…
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