BY JORDAN HOLMES — Recently, a human trafficking ring in Canada was discovered, leading to the arrest of Marius Trifu Miclescu, a 38-year-old Romanian man living in Montreal.1 Miclescu had lured young girls out of Romania by promising them a better life in Canada, and then forcing them, through beatings and threats, to work in […]
BY FERNANDO J. VALLE — The Beginning: When Fidel Castro and his supporters overthrew the Batista regime in Cuba in 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally recognized the new government. However, as the new Castro regime began nationalizing U.S.-held assets, the United States imposed more and more economic sanctions, ultimately resulting in a trade embargo […]
BY BIANCA OLIVADOTI — Off the Southern tip of South America lies a small set of islands with abundant natural resources. These islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas and elsewhere as the Falkland Islands, have grappled with their sovereignty almost continuously since they were first inhabited in the 1800’s. The quarrel between the Falklands’ […]
BY ALEX GIL — There are many situations where a foreign person can be treated as a citizen of the United States for tax purposes without ever becoming a citizen of the United States. For the unwary American visitor that extends their stay for a longer period of time the consequences can be daunting. The […]
