Tag Archives: Canada

The American and Canadian Responses to COVID-19

By: Abigail Plouff, 2L In December, 2019, reports emerged that a highly contagious coronavirus called COVID-19 originated in Wuhan, China.  The virus spread worldwide, as the World Health Organization classified it as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.  On April 1, 2020, there were approximately 884,075 recorded cases of COVID-19 globally. Canada and the United […]

COVID-19 and International Travel: Why Closing the U.S. Canadian Border may not have been the Right Decision

By: Justin Weatherwax, 2L The recent decision to limit travel between the United States and Canada in response to COVID-19 is an unusual precaution that is made all the more remarkable by the lack of expert support. The 5,525 mile border between the United States and Canada was largely settled on June 15, 1846, when […]

Title III of the Helms-Burton Act: Restoring a Private Right of Action May Create More Trials and Tribulations

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 […]

The Treaty of Tlatelolco: What Countries Today can Learn from Mexico’s Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

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 […]