By: Hunter Grasso, 2L In 2016, Brazilian construction and contracting firm Odebrecht SA pled guilty to a charge of conspiring to violate U.S. foreign bribery laws. The charge stemmed from allegations that the firm paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to Brazilian public officials to secure valuable infrastructure contracts. These contracts included major […]
By: Cole Baldecchi, 2L Colombia battles the cultivation of coca plants, which is the main ingredient in cocaine. While the country has combatted the production of this plant with various methods—many of which have failed—it seems the Colombian government is once again looking back to an old ally against the fight: the aerial spraying of […]
By: Brittany Husk, 2L On December 2, 2019, President Trump announced the termination, “effective immediately,” of Section 232 tariff exemptions previously granted to Argentina and Brazil. The tariff exemptions provided Brazil and Argentina exemptions from the twenty-five percent tariffs on steel imports and ten percent on aluminum imports to the United States. In a […]
By: Alex Duffant, 2L 2019 was the year when paradise plunged into darkness. The wealthiest and most populous part of the United States – California – was ravaged by a wildfire season that led power company Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to preemptively shut off electricity for millions of people in the northern part of […]
