By Nathalie Del Valle Saturday, July 8, Leopoldo López was released from prison and placed under house arrest after being imprisoned for over three years. Leopoldo López is a Venezuelan politician that founded a political party named Voluntad Popular and co-founded the political party Primero Justicia. He also was the mayor of Chacao from 2000…
By Luz Mosquera On November 30, Colombia signed a new and modified version of the peace deal with rebel group FARC. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos continued his plan to sign the peace deal that would end a war with FARC that has lasted 52 years, resulted in many deaths, and created vast numbers of refugees….
By Sabine Joseph The victory of Donald J. Trump in the 2016 election has been met with both protest and praise in the United States but considering how important foreign relations are to maintaining order in the U.S. and around the world, it is necessary to listen to how other countries are reacting to the…
By Laura Romero Colombia was left in disarray and uncertainty after voters in Colombia reject a deal that would have ended a 52-year war with the FARC, the country’s largest rebel group. After four years of negotiations, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was left in shock as he watched the results come in at the…
By Alexandra Reboredo On Wednesday, August 31, Donald Trump visited Mexico and met with President Enrique Peña Nieto. Later that same day, he gave a speech on immigration in Phoenix, Arizona: “We will build a great wall along the southern border. And Mexico will pay for the wall, 100 percent. They don’t know it yet,…
By Alexandra Reboredo One week after the Paris attacks, terrorists targeted a busy international hotel in the former French colony of Mali’s capital, killing 19 people. Heavily-armed men raided the Radisson Blu in Bamako, Mali, shouting “God is great” in Arabic. They aimed and shot aimlessly as guests frantically searched for cover around the hotel….
By Nathalie Mairena At least eight terrorists attacked six different locations in the center of Paris Friday. Out of the eight attackers, seven died in apparent suicide bombings. The attacks began almost simultaneously at 9:20 pm, with attackers detonating explosives and shooting into local restaurants and cafes. They were seen with AK-47 automatic weapons and…
By Cesar Zafra What used to be a consistently active international bridge now isolates two neighboring countries from easy access to each other. The Simón Bólivar Bridge connects Venezuela and Colombia, allowing thousands of migrants to travel back and forth rather than having to migrate through the inconvenient rural paths of the land. Venezuela, a…
By Carolina Espinal It was the outbreak that circled every social media platform, it was the wave that impacted countries worldwide and it was the global phenomenon that triggered an immediate call to action: the European migrant crisis- otherwise known as the European refugee crisis emerged from a surge of refugees and migrants coming into…
One of the last images drawn by Charlie Hebdo’s editor, Charb, satirizing Muslim terrorists. By Christian Steiner Charlie Hebdo is a satirical magazine that makes fun of Christians, Jews, Muslims and themselves. Two extremists entered the building of the magazine company in Paris, France and open fired on those inside; it cost 12 employees their…