BY KENNETH L. LEWIS, JR. — Although the United States has been battling illicit drug trafficking for many years, during the last four decades, “interna- tional drug control bec[a]me a major priority in the formulation of United States foreign policy.” To that end, the United States, among other things: (1) enacted laws that would enable […]
BY LOUIS-ALEXANDRE BERG–In January 2012, the Haitian justice system produced two significant but seemingly contradictory decisions. The first came on January 19 at the end of a highly publicized trial of police officers and prison guards. Eight officers were convicted of using unreasonable force in firing on inmates during a prison riot in the city […]
BY ABRAHAM RUBERT-SCHEWEL–The American embargo against Cuba began on October 19, 1960. It was initiated in response to the rebellion and eventual takeover led by Fidel Castro against the U.S. backed government of Fulgenico Batista. The conflict peaked during the Cuban Missile crises of 1962, and resulted in President John F. Kennedy ordering a naval […]
BY THOMAS WHITE–In the early morning of 21 August 2013, the farmers living in the region of Ghouta, Syria, arose to an unexpected and horrific reality: sarin gas rained from the sky.[1] Although the Syrian civil war had been raging for more than two years prior to the chemical weapons attack, the use of weapons […]
