Tag Archives: Nicaragua

I’m a Woman Not a Womb: Texas’ S.B. 8 in the Global Context

By: Alexandra Spaw April 12, 2022 “Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?” The Governor of Texas recently signed into law a statutory scheme that Chief Justice Roberts has described as “not only unusual, but unprecedented.” The Texas Heartbeat Act (“S.B. 8”) has […]

Will Chinese economic troubles imperil plans for a canal in Nicaragua?

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 […]

A Call to Action: U.S. Faces Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis

BY KEVIN CORREA – “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses, yearning to breath free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”[1] For over a hundred years, this excerpt from Emma Lazrus’ poem has stood as a message to the world that […]