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WATCH: How a skyscraper became the world’s tallest slum

Centro Financiero Confinanzas, widely know as Torre de David (Tower of David) is the worlds tallest slum. This unfinished skyscraper, in Venezuela’s capital city Caracas, has become a monument to the failed system when c...

by Nicky Armstrong

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And When The Carnival Is Over…

From Copacabana to Salvador da Bahia, Brazil is a country known for its cultural richness and is a growing international player in the economic field yet still lacks political and social coherence. I used my time in Rio de Ja...

by Catarina Santos

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Ensuring Best Practices In Guatemalan Integration: Guatemalan Or Foreign Responsibility?

As a Canadian grad student interested in Central American integration, I moved to Guatemala for a few months to work on my Masters thesis. I had been studying Guatemalan policy, mining laws and economic issues in Guatemala for ...

by Esma Mneina

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Is South Africa the Odd BRIC Out?

The 5th Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Summit held in Durban kicks off today and there is a sense of anticipation in the air. The thought of the major emerging economies binding together to create a super...

by Kamleshan Pillay

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Time To End The Cold War: The United States And Cuba

One of the last vestigial rivalries of the Cold War played out another chapter this January, as countries from around the Americas met at the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit in Havana to discuss ...

by Walt Andrews

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The future of the war on drugs

The war on drugs in the Americas conjures up a broad array of images: assassinations, gangs, executions, cartels and battles with the police and armed forces. The war on drugs also brings home the images of those who are affect...

by Simon Fraser

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The World Cup Conundrum: A Legacy Of Loss?

Pele, Ronaldinho, Kaka. To the common layperson, these names may not mean much, but to football aficionados, they hold the same rank as St Paul or St Joseph do to devout Catholics: holy figures, to be admired and worshipped for...

by Tamar Ziff

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It Started With a Kiss: Footballer opens homophobia debate in Brazil

One week after Russian athletes Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova kissed in celebration at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow as well as three-time pole vaulting champion Yelena Isinbayeva spoke out in favour of an an...

by Fernanda Canofre

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Colombia’s new cartel?

Colombia has long been known for its drug cartels; and many an article has been scribed in response to this not-so-secret trade that has been (and is still) sweeping the country. What Colombia is not known for is its testigo tr...

by L.

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WATCH: How a skyscraper became the world’s tallest slum

And When The Carnival Is Over…

Ensuring Best Practices In Guatemalan Integration: Guatemalan Or Foreign Responsibility?

Is South Africa the Odd BRIC Out?

Time To End The Cold War: The United States And Cuba

The future of the war on drugs

The World Cup Conundrum: A Legacy Of Loss?

It Started With a Kiss: Footballer opens homophobia debate in Brazil

Colombia’s new cartel?

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