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The Tale is Wild: the crisis of the Argentine…
The day I arrived in Buenos Aires to start my study abroad, the 18th of January, the Argentinian federal…
Jon Stewart, Satire, and the Decline of American Media
Recently Jon Stewart announced his forthcoming departure from The Daily Show. His announcement took front page…
Venezuelan-American Relations: Sanctions and…
Deteriorating Venezuelan-American relations reached unprecedented levels on March 9th as President Obama…
Kremlin of Cards
SPOILER ALERT: The following may contain some plot elements from the 3rd season of the Netflix series House of…
Assessing Mexico’s Guerra al Narco
A week ago, the Mexican government celebrated another success in its Guerra al Narco: the capture of two drug…
Bolstering Human Rights: A Brick in the Road
Last month, Amnesty International released their annual 2014/15 report on the state of the world’s human rights.…
2015: Redefining our Understanding of Free Speech
With the recent Charlie Hebdo attacks, freedom of speech has become a crucial talking point in the international…
“Lyin’ Brian:” A Case for Ethical Journalism
In the midst of the on-going Brian Williams controversy, some journalists, columnists and editors such as Robert…
Rethinking Equalization
Canada’s total government debt (including both federal and provincial) stands at roughly $1.2 trillion, and over…
The Falling Canadian Dollar: Is OPEC to Blame?
Determining whether Canada’s falling exchange rate is a result of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
HSBC: Des dealers d’ecstasy au trafiquant…
Enquête. Dès 2002 et au moins jusqu’en 2007, HSBC Private Bank a été le théâtre d’une alliance entre des dealers…
HSBC: From Ecstasy Dealers to an Israeli Arms Dealer
From 2002 until 2007 at least, HSBC Private Bank was the scene of an alliance between Atlanta-based ecstasy dealers…