By: Emma Eckenhausen “Honestly, I had never heard of Liberia,” said Arin Garcia Yepes, a Colombian migrant deported by the United States to Liberia on August 20, 2026. Garcia Yepes is among a growing number of Latin American migrants who have been removed to African countries where they are not citizens and often have […]
By: Adrian Castanon Galicia On January 3rd, 2026, the United States launched an unprecedented, large-scale operation in Venezuela, which led to the capture of the President of Venezuela–Nicolas Maduro– and his wife, Cilia Flores. After their capture, they were transported to New York to face criminal charges for accusations of narco-terrorism. A couple of days […]
By: Natalie Bombino As femicide continues to rise across the Inter-American region, gaps between the states’ formal human rights commitments and actual enforcement have become incredibly pronounced. In response, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights recently intervened to address systemic investigative failures and state inaction in the context of gender-based violence. On December 19, 2025, […]
By: Carlos Huembes, 2L On March 4th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos, No. 23-1141, in which the Mexican government is suing several American firearms companies including Smith & Wesson, Glock, and Colt’s Manufacturing Company for $10 billion alleging that the companies have been “aiding and […]
