Photo Credit: Rayner Pena R (EFE) By: Nicholas Perez-Battistini, 2L Last month, Venezuela’s hopes for free and fair elections suffered a significant setback when the nation’s highest court upheld a prohibition against María Corina Machado, a steadfast critic of the government and the winner of the opposition’s primary. Venezuela’s electoral process is showing no signs of reform, where […]
Photo Credit: Betmann Archive By: Max Rothman On November 29, 2023, former United States diplomat and politician Henry Kissinger passed away at 100. Kissinger served as the Secretary of State and a National Security Advisor during the 1970s for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Kissinger was known for his significant involvement in United States’ […]
Photo Credit: Alex Peña/Getty Images By: Margo Jarjoura, 2L Nayib Bukele declared himself the winner of El Salvador’s 2024 Presidential election before the official results were declared. Polls predicted his victory in a landslide, which prompted Secretary of State Antony Blinken to send his congratulations to Bukele on behalf of the U.S. government. One of the most interesting facts […]
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli By: Elizabeth Arritola, 2L The Cerrado is a biodiverse savanna region in Brazil located southeast of the Amazon. Although the Cerrado is not as well-known as the Amazon, it houses over 800 bird species and almost 200 mammals, providing up to 30% of Brazil’s biodiversity. The Cerrado also has 60 vulnerable animal species. Many of […]
