Recently, pollution rates in new York and connecticut has drastically increased. The asue of this is pollutions and wildfires in canada and california. The smog and smoke form these on going fires are being pushed across the Country and building up in big cities like New york. While being a Major city New york already struggles to handle pollution that… Read more »
With the recent election in Guatemala brought on new diplomatic relations with its neighbor El Salvador. In efforts to begin to strengthen and unify central america many new policies have been introduced between Guatemala and El Salvador. The biggest being no border control, people can pass between the two states and its considered a domestic travel. Also all flights are… Read more »
Tensions in Columbia and Venezuela rise as diplomatic efforts make no ground. Currently Venezuela has a Columbian Congresswoman, Aída Merlano, for months now. Merlano has escaped and been recaptured 3 different times. Venezuela is using the congresswoman to broker a peace agreement between the 2 states which would benefit Venezuela greatly. The Colombians however are using the captured Congresswoman to… Read more »
Venezuela is by far the most interesting country to study from an IR point of view in the Americas (except for the US, of course). They’re essentially a completely failed state with a “socialist” dictator, and they represent one of the worst humanitarian crises in the 21st century. Venezuela has the problems it does because of its economic weakness and… Read more »
In Bolivia, an arrest warrant has been issued for former president Evo Morales. Morales is accused of sedition and terrorism after a controversial video surfaced. This video shows a Bolivian man talking on the phone about plans for a road blockade. The man on the other end, who appears to be directing the blockade, is said to be Morales, although… Read more »
On the 12th of December, the US sent the first group of non-Guatemalan illegal migrants that had entered the US to Guatemala as part of a new cooperation between the countries. This preceded a meeting between the leaders of the two countries the following week. Among the first to be transported back were 7 Hondurans and 7 Salvadorans including children…. Read more »
A Salvadoran man was kidnapped and murdered in the Mexican city of Tijuana. Tijuana, a border city, is where a large number of asylum-seekers are being sent to await entry to the United States. Although the city is known to be particularly dangerous, many asylum-seekers are given no option. The 35 year old Salvadoran man, who’s name will be kept… Read more »
In a list compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Cuba is ranked as the 10th most censored country in the world, with Eritrea being at the top of the list. Cuba has a tendency to “ground” journalists, preventing them from leaving the country. A recent example of this is Maykel Gonzalez, an LGBTQ activist and director of the… Read more »
The Colombian government has failed to come to an agreement amidst talks with union leaders. The government has labeled these talks to be “exploratory,” much to the disdain of union leaders such as Diogenes Orjuela, head of the Central Union of Workers (CUT). Colombian citizens have been protesting recently against both social and economic policies put into effect by President… Read more »
Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil, received an unpleasant shock from US President Donald Trump this weekend. While Trump was at the NATO conference in London, he sent out a series of tweets saying that the US would be imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum for both Brazil and Argentina. Bolsonaro took this quite harshly, as he has stated in… Read more »