Nicolás Maduro’s Drug Trafficking Exploits Exposed
US prosecutors have charged Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his closest allies with drug trafficking and corruption, cementing the embattled nation’s reputation as a mafia state.
Mexico Land of Refugees
In March of last year, Alba Luz Maldonado Paz left her Honduras town in search of a better life. The 36-year-old woman said she left her country due to a lack of economic opportunities and physical danger. She was terrified, she explains, when members of an international criminal gang, La Mara 18, threatened to kill her.
Females Lead As Political Innovators in Latin America
Bogotá is a portentous and unruly city, a beast of numerous maverick heads slumping in the core of Colombia, serving as the country’s heart, brains—and if the air were less polluted, its lungs, too—thumping arrhythmically to the beat of inequality.
America The Land of the Free?
As Donald Trump just celebrated a military style July Forth holiday filled with war tanks and missile launchers, his administration is back to work neglecting safe haven for those most vulnerable and in search of the very freedom and liberty the United States was “once” known for.
Mexico City’s Art Scene is Moving Culture
We landed in Mexico City later than we expected. Two of the three of us were home and eager to get into our own beds. We were parting ways that night for the first time in a full week.
Post Election Analysis: A Country Clearly Divided
The midterm election results reflect a divided America that has lost its moral fabric. With just a couple of races still in the balance the day after a historical midterm election turn-out, there is enough data available to paint a clear picture on where the electorate stands and where we the people, stand as a society.
Bolsonaro Promises to Deliver on Crime, Corruption
Can Brazil’s Bolsonaro Deliver on Crime, Corruption Promises? Brazil’s presidential election resulted in the victory of far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro, who has promised to crush rampant crime and corruption with an iron fist. But the president-elect may find his lofty campaign pledges difficult to fulfill.
The Midterms: Who is the real Ted Cruz?
Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas fancies himself a political centrist but his history tells a different story. Last night's senate debate between Republican Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke focused on transparency and honesty. A heated exchange between the two almost revived the famous “Lying” Ted Cruz descriptor that Presidential nominee Donald Trump used freely against his then political opponent as Beto challenged Cruz's credibility.