Category Archives: Student Blog

Uncertainty Looming Over NAFTA Professional Visas

By: Norka Lecca With the launch of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations and the possibility of U.S. withdrawal, the NAFTA professional visa program may be on the chopping block. NAFTA is a trilateral free trade agreement created to facilitate trade in goods and services between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. On May […]

Puerto Rico, the Jones Act, and a New Focus on Economic Protectionism

By: Elizabeth Whiting Earlier this week, President Trump’s administration temporarily waived the Jones Act for a period of ten days, allowing Puerto Rico to receive aid and supplies from non-U.S.-flagged vessels in the wake of Hurricane Maria. [1] The waiver decision was made by acting head of Homeland Security Elaine Duke, following a determination by […]

Mexico’s Travel Warning

By: Andrea De Ona Mexico is a popular vacation destination for tourists, spanning from teenagers looking to party on spring break to grown-ups seeking adult-only retreat resorts. However, on August 22, 2017, the U.S. Department of State updated a Mexico travel warning that had been in place since December 2016, as gangs and drug cartels […]

Where is Santiago Maldonado?

By: Agustina Kloosterboer Santiago Maldonado, an Argentinian citizen was last seen during a confrontation between border police officers and supporters of a Mapuche indigenous community. The dispute arose from the displacement of these supporters from an area in the Argentinian Patagonia. The country, currently revolutionized, remembers the dark disappearances under Argentina’s military dictatorship in the […]