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Lingering turmoil in Venezuela
“I seriously started to think about moving in 2010 when our son was about to be born. By that time…
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Let the Games Begin… Somewhere Else
Seven years from now, the youth of the world will assemble for the games of the thirty-third Olympiad, at a…
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Silencing Critics – The War on Media Freedom
The future political direction of the United States seems to be one of the big discussion topics on everyone’s minds…
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Border Lake on the Border of Collapse – How Illegal Mining and Pollution Desecrated a Sacred Place
Lake Titicaca rests majestically on the border of Peru and Bolivia at an altitude of 3812 meters, surrounded by snow-capped…
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Rio’s Favelas – Where Beauty Meets Brutality
What does one think of when hearing the word favela? Those familiar with the term would likely connect it with…
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Too soon to release the white dove? Colombia’s peace process
Juan Manuel Santos has been a public servant in Colombia for 21 years. He has definitely been a man of…
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Politics of Public Space – the Transformation of Bogotá
During the first half of the 1990’s, the Colombian capital, Bogotá, had the reputation of being ‘the worst city in…
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A collapsing Venezuelan economy on its way into the abyss
Masses of people waiting outside of state-owned supermarkets have become a common sight in Venezuela in the past year. The…
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Even peace has enemies – Colombia’s peace process
In 2012, Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP), formally launched a new round of peace talks…
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Is it Time for Peace with Colombia’s Newfound Optimism?
From the ‘La Uribe Agreements’ in 1982, to the empty chair at ‘El Caguán’ in 1999 and most recently the…
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