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Venezuela: When Gas Prices are Just Too Cheap

When you live in a overwhelming political reality like Venezuela’s, it is very easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. We are so immersed in our reality, our motives, and our arguments (for one side or the other), that ...

by Claudia Gonzalez

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Finally, a Billboard That Creates Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air!

Lima is the largest city in Peru and the fifth largest in all of the Americas, with some 7.6 million people (closer to 9 million when you factor in the surrounding metro area). Because it sits along the southern Pacific Ocean, ...

by Natasha Lipman

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Five atrocities still defended in the present day

Atrocities have filled our media outlets for decades. Yet despite evidence, many are either ignored or defended by leading academics and national officials, causing human rights violations to go largely unnoticed. “As hum...

by Joe Strong

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Brazil: ‘Real Men Don’t Beat Women’

It’s a startling statistic: One in five Brazilian women are likely to suffer from domestic violence. That includes physical, psychological, and emotional abuse as well as marital rape. The aggressor is usually a boyfriend...

by Rami Alhames

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Peru Uses Sun To Solve Energy Deprivation

Peru has confirmed its place amongst nations committed to improving lives through sustainable means. On July 8, the first phase of “The National Photovoltaic Household Electrification Program” began. In short, it is aimed a...

by Joe Strong

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Snowden, the NSA, and Latin America: Beyond the headlines

If you were to read only the headlines of US news covering the controversy surrounding Edward Snowden and the NSA’s surveillance in Latin America over the last two weeks, it would be easy to think that Latin America was a ...

by Anita Chan

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The Female Consciousness: Femicide in Honduras

Though the “female consciousness” refers to the ability of women from varying backgrounds to speak personally of what life is like for women in their particular culture, I believe that an important part of this consciousnes...

by Amna Abdullatif

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Venezuela’s Elections: Free and Fair?

When Mr. Capriles decided to run for president yet again, the natural response was to think “he won’t make it”. Three weeks ago we could only dream of winning these elections. Today, reflecting on what last Sunday meant f...

by Claudia Gonzalez

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Coffee strikers, economic transformation and the juxtaposition of social powers in Colombia

The coffee industry in Colombia was one of the principal engines for the development of the country in the last century. The legacy of coffee is significant for the country, being the world’s biggest exporter of coffee for al...

by Joseph Alejandro Martínez Salinas

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Venezuela: When Gas Prices are Just Too Cheap

Finally, a Billboard That Creates Drinkable Water Out of Thin Air!

Five atrocities still defended in the present day

Brazil: ‘Real Men Don’t Beat Women’

Peru Uses Sun To Solve Energy Deprivation

Snowden, the NSA, and Latin America: Beyond the headlines

The Female Consciousness: Femicide in Honduras

Venezuela’s Elections: Free and Fair?

Coffee strikers, economic transformation and the juxtaposition of social powers in Colombia

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