By: Richard Perez, 2L Cuban bank “Banco Núñez” had twenty-two branches and controlled $105 million in assets in 1958. Two years later, the bank was confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime and absorbed by the newly established National Bank of Cuba. Descendants of the former owners of Banco Núñez are now suing French Bank Société Générale […]
By: Romney Manassa Unbeknownst to most Americans, Mexico played a pivotal role in keeping our country—and arguably the entire world—safe from nuclear conflict. Following the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the country launched a campaign to denuclearize Latin America, which was the first attempt at denuclearization in a vast and populous region, let alone one […]
By: Augusto Vaccaro Seventy-two hours into her detainment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, Carmen Puerto Diaz, a thirty-three year-old woman who was five months into her pregnancy, worried about her baby and herself due to the lack of access to her high-blood pressure medication. On the fourth day of her detainment, she […]
By: Benjamin Mitrani In a scene from the Office (US), Jan askes Michael, “[s]o what’s Ryan doing here?” Michael responded, “[o]h, I dunno, they’re launching a big new business plan. New website, blah blah blah . . . it’s all about youth, and agility and streamlining and trying to squeeze out the older people.” Then, […]
