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Category: Americas

Our Americas desk covers all of North, Central, and South America, as well as the Caribbean.

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ExxonMobil’s Expansion in Guyana: Navigating Environmental, Legal, and Historical Challenges

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Alyssa Jhingree

ExxonMobil’s operations in Guyana are at the nexus of oil expansion, environmental responsibility, and legal entanglements. As the company seeks to broade...

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Following the Money-Trail: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Lobbying Expenditures in the United States and European Union

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Isabel Mestey-Colon

The year is 2023 and artificial intelligence, one of the most salivating issues for American and European legislators, is picking up steam in legal chambers. Wh...

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Column/Americas

The New Neo-Colonialism? Analyzing Tax Haven Incentives in Puerto Rico

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Isabel Mestey-Colon

“El Apagón,” Bad Bunny’s award winning anthem, famously launches the listener into scathing critique of Puerto Rico’s woes. From gentrification to persistent bl...

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Drought or Deception: Mexico’s Dubious National Water Emergency

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Andrea Sanabria Pacas

Scarcity or plunder? My family has been affected by the worst national drought in a decade. My grandmother, who lives in Mexico City, went from having everyday ...

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Populist Backlashes Against the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Exit, Voice, or Disloyalty?

Posted on April 23, 2024 by João Pedro Martins

International human rights institutions, regardless of time or place, have long faced resistance from various governments. It’s no different in the context of t...

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Crime of Passion or Lie to the Nation: The murder of non-binary Mexican Magistrate Ociel Baena

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Andrea Sanabria Pacas

“There is nothing else to say… it was a crime of passion.” Jesús Ociel Baena Saucedo, the first openly non-binary magistrate in Latin America, was found murdere...

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Column/Americas/Asia

A Diaspora Dilemma: The Separatist Movement Affecting Relations between India, Canada, and the United States

Posted on February 10, 2024 by Vittal Sivakumar

In September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an announcement that sent shockwaves through international politics: he accused the government of Indi...

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Atlantic Allies and Pacific Rivals: US Relationships with Britain and Japan Precipitating WWII

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Ethan Chiu

By the turn of the 20th century, the US was becoming a neutral isolationist great power alongside other great powers like Britain and Japan. As the US was lured...

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Column/Americas/Europe

Shifting Transatlantic Tides: Anglo-American Imperial Role Reversals

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Ethan Chiu

The UK and US are traditionally considered neocolonial powers that imperialize the Global South. However, they have also imperialized each other. While the US n...

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Failures, Successes, and Challenges in Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing: Lessons from the Soviet Union, China, and Taiwan

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Ethan Chiu

Semiconductors are the technological backbone of modern electronics and, by extension, the global economy. The policies governing their production and distribut...

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