Category: Americas
The White Gold: Lithium Exploitation and its Impact on the Native Populations
“The Saudi Arabia of Lithium,” is what Forbes called the “lithium triangle” made by salt flats of Uyuni in Bolivia, Atacama in Chile and Hombre Muerto in Argentina. The regions together
Read MoreWar to the ‘Triple Alliance’: Maduro rejects Venezuela’s Mercosur suspension and declares war against the ‘Triple Alliance’ of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
After failing to fulfill membership requirements such as respect for human rights, economic agreements, migration and freedom of the press, Venezuela has officially been suspended from the Southern Common Market
Read MoreTowards global justice: Pax Initiative
It is crazy how people know everything about Kylie Jenner’s lipstick but not about what ICJ does…like which war it prevented and so on. The Pax Initiative is a non-governmental
Read MoreHow Martin Luther King Almost Didn’t Have a Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr., the man whose dream we’re all familiar with, became known as one of the world’s greatest orators because of the “I Have a Dream” refrain of
Read MoreLessons from Laclau: Are Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Populists?
If you live in a cave, or are not aware of a little thing called the internet, then you may be excused for not knowing that in America there is
Read MoreBB-8 Star Wars Droid
The Star Wars series encouraged the public’s increasing desire to have a robot in the house. Imagine this: a small, round object that moves in your living room, answers your
Read MoreNo More Singing Protest
I had the pleasure of watching the documentary Searching for Sugar Man last week. A movie that focuses on the life of the biggest rock icon America has never had. Despite a
Read MorePolitics in the Palmetto State
An Analysis of the American Presidential Primaries in South Carolina Laura Groenendaal Donald Trump is constantly on television, Hillary Clinton launched her campaign and the debates have started:
Read MoreHawaii: too Green to Function?
With an ambitious bill planning a 100% renewable energy use in 2050 pending in the Hawaii legislature, states are looking towards the island for its example. With fossil fuels occupying
Read MoreUnited Nations Super Heroes: has Superman decided to renounce his American citizenship?
The comic book superhero, perhaps one of the most “American” inventions of the 20th century. At the eve of World War II, the ‘golden age’ of the American comics began
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