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What can the Dominican Republic's strict immigration modus operandi toward Haiti teach us about a Trump United States?   Photo (c) Puente Sur & La Republic 2016

US: Trump Immigration Agenda Parallels Dominican Republic Extremism

What can the Dominican Republic’s strict immigration modus operandi toward Haiti teach us about a Trump United States? US presidential candidate Donald Trump has launched a new immigration proposal - that the…



What does the Venezuelan crisis and Mexican Singer Juan Gabriel's death have in common? Photos (c) Univsion 2016

EDITOR’S NOTES: How Mixed Accounts in Mass Media Influence Daily Life and Historic Policies

What does the Venezuelan crisis and Mexican Singer Juan Gabriel’s death have in common? Or one could approach the same big-picture question another way: Many cultured book worms enjoy when the same…


The re-questioning of Venezuela's Mercosur acceptability marks a corner stone in South America's historical bell shape curve. Photo (c) La Nación Argentina 2016

MERCOSUR: Venezuela Crisis and Big Picture Regional Implications

Venezuela’s assuming of the Mercosur pro-tempore presidency has not only tested the regional economic bloc’s crisis-era resilience, but furthermore right and left-wing governmental relations - public and private. The re-questioning…






"Knowledge is power" is becoming more tangible by the day.

ECONOMY: Globalization and Developing Regions Power War in the Information Age

Current trends of globalization - particularly in developing regions such as Lat Am - are provoking renown economists as Joseph Stiglitz to question whether our so-called “knowledge/information based economy” is…




The shared space of the Caribbean develops this culture that surpasses artificial borders and results in a unique pan-Caribbean aesthetic that pushes against reality as a sort of realism.

CULTURE OP-ED: Heightened and Marvelous Reality: The Shared Aesthetic of Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World and Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective

Guest article by Sofia Papa and coordinated by Assistant Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Georgia College Brantley Nicholson of the (see…


South American football chiefs have put pressure on UEFA to hold a one-of match between the winners of the Copa America Centenario, Chile, and Portugal – winners of Euro 2016. Photo (c) Getty Images 2016

SPORTS: Copa America Winners Chile to Play Portugal in New Proposal

South American football chiefs have put pressure on UEFA to hold a one-of match between the winners of the Copa America Centenario, Chile, and Portugal – winners of Euro 2016….









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