Venezuela: A Conflict of Who is in Power
January 16, 2020
In May 2018, Venezuela re-elected President Nicolas Maduro, which resulted in polarized sentiments among a domestic and international audience
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The Death of Berta Cáceres
January 13, 2020
Activism has formed as a response to fight for social or political change.
¿Debe el Gobierno Financiar a los Ex-Guerrilleros?
January 8, 2020
Colombia y sus ciudadanos han sufrido por la violencia de los grupos guerrilleros por más de media década. Recientemente, los grupos guerrilleros restantes están perdiendo miembros rápidamente debido a la desmovilización.
Chilean Inequality is Rooted in U.S. Foreign Policy
January 1, 2020
On October 18th, 2019, Chile, South America’s poster child of economic success, erupted in massive protests over a price increase in subway fare. Although less than 5 U.S. cents, the fare increase gave way to larger protests about/concerning an economic system that was not working for large swathes of the Chilean population. Decades of persistent inequality, economic precarity, and financial insecurity drove the protests to be some of the largest the region has seen in recent years.
Guatemala’s New President
December 12, 2019
Recent elections in Latin America have resulted in an increase in the hyperpolarization of political parties, leaving a fragmented region betw
Tensions between Reemerging FARC and Peaceful Indigenous Group Leaders over Land Results in Massacre
December 5, 2019
On November 29, 2019, five indigenous leaders in what is arguably Colombia’s most dangerous department, Cauca, were killed in the small town of Tacueyo in a massacre led by reemerging dissident rebels.
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