BY DAN PISCOTTANO – China made news late last week when the country’s leadership decided to end its “one-child” policy.[1] The policy had been in place since the late 1970’s, when it was enacted to protect the country against overpopulation.[2] This is a significant development because many believe that the “one-child” policy, which had […]
BY CHRISTOPHER PALAMO – Beginning in 2010, Cuba began passing a series of legislation targeted at modernizing the country’s socialist economic model. Specifically, the legislations were changes to the Cuban Labor Code, which loosened the regulation on trabajo por cuenta propia[1] (self-employment). The changes, while viewed by some as only gradual legislative efforts[2], are symbolic […]
BY KEVIN NESLAGE – Since its announcement in 2012, there have been plans in Nicaragua for the construction of a second transoceanic canal in Central America, which will directly compete with the Panama Canal.[1] The purpose is to help boost the economy of the economically struggling country by being able to offer a canal that […]
BY TREVOR GILLUM – When asked directly whom the Russian air strikes inside Syria were targeting, Russian foreign minister Sergey V. Lavrov responded tersely, “If it looks like a terrorist, if it acts like a terrorist, if it walks like a terrorist, if it fights like a terrorist, it’s a terrorist, right?”[1] Under the pretext […]
