By: Anderson Leal, 2L In response to the disputed Venezuelan election results, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a press release that announced sanctions against 16 members of the “Maduro-aligned” National Electoral Council (CNE) and the Supreme Tribunal of Justice (STJ). The sanctions, under Executive Order 13692, […]
By: Anthony Montano, 2L The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) is a union of port workers on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, Great Lakes, major U.S. rivers, Puerto Rico, Eastern Canada, and the Bahamas, boasting over 85,000 members. On November 11, 2014, ILA entered into a Master Contract with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). USMX […]
Photo Credit: Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters By: Anthony Puntasecca, 2L The Haitian people have become increasingly familiar with political instability; the last twenty years have produced only one successful transfer of presidential power between elected officials. Specifically, there has been no president for the last three years following the assassination of Jovenel Moise in 2021. The subsequent appointment […]
Photo Credit: Betmann Archive By: Max Rothman On November 29, 2023, former United States diplomat and politician Henry Kissinger passed away at 100. Kissinger served as the Secretary of State and a National Security Advisor during the 1970s for Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Kissinger was known for his significant involvement in United States’ […]
