Category Archives: IALR Posts

Policy Rehab: Ramifications of a failed War on Drugs in the Americas

BY LEA UDLER, Symposium Editor Vol. 45 —  On January 27, 2014, the Supreme Court of Florida, in an advisory opinion, held that “voters are given fair notice as to the chief purpose and scope of [a] proposed amendment [to Section 29 of Article X of the Florida Constitution], which is to allow a restricted […]

Human Trafficking in the Americas: Hidden in Plain View

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 […]

International Human Rights and Cuba: Was Imposing an Embargo and Severing Political Ties the Answer?

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 […]

Hostilities Rising In the South Atlantic

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’ […]