On October 22, 2023, opposition candidate Maria Corina Machado won Venezuela’s primary elections. This event may indicate a shift towards free and fair elections for the presidential run scheduled in 2024 after years of economic crisis and authoritarian rule in … Continue reading
Category: The Americas
The Reality of the Widespread Implementation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is a groundbreaking technology that refers to the process of producing energy by harnessing the temperature differences between ocean surface waters and deep ocean waters. This new source of energy production has the potential … Continue reading
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is an Embarrassment to Canadian Immigration Policy
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is a system that gives Canadian employers the ability to temporarily hire foreign workers to fill jobs that are left vacant by qualified Canadian workers. The TFWP is regulated through the Immigration … Continue reading
Book banning: an attack on Florida public education
Over the past few years, Florida has made its way to the front of the national stage in terms of conservative policy in education. With Governor Ron Desantis’s campaign for presidency, news outlets around the country have been focusing their … Continue reading
“Not just poor, bloody poor”: Period Poverty and Climate Change in Jamaica
Globally, over 1.8 billion individuals experience menstruation every month. The average menstruator spends 2,535 days of their life menstruating. Although menstruation is a natural process, many menstruators around the world face social, economic, and institutional barriers to adequate menstrual hygiene … Continue reading
Le duel des géants : Pétroyuan menace l’hégémonie du pétrodollar
Le pétrole, souvent qualifié d’« or noir », occupe une place centrale dans la géopolitique mondiale. Sa maîtrise et son contrôle déterminent non seulement la prospérité économique d’un pays, mais aussi son influence et sa puissance sur la scène internationale. … Continue reading
Warming Arctic, Vanishing Traditions: Climate Change’s Detrimental Effect on Indigenous Communities
While it is unsurprising that global temperatures are rising rapidly, the Arctic is experiencing the effects at an expedited rate compared to the rest of the world. Changes such as thawing sea ice have opened up a new trade route, … Continue reading
Migrant and Refugee Buses: A Political Battleground
Since May of this year, Republican governor Greg Abbott Adams of Texas has packed buses totalling more than 50,000 migrants and refugees and sent them to democratic cities in the United States. This came as a political response to local … Continue reading
Killing Nijjar: Tensions Rise After Trudeau Alleges Indian Involvement in Assassination of Sikh Activist
On 18 June 2023, Canadian Sikh activist and separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot and killed by two masked individuals. Three months later, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Canadian intelligence was investigating credible allegations regarding the potential … Continue reading
Beyond Female Anatomy: The Politics of Gender in Mexico’s Presidential Race
The Mexican Supreme Court made international headlines after decriminalizing abortion in Aguascalientes state on August 30th, 2023. It found that the federal penal code criminalizing abortion violates the reproductive autonomy of women and people who gestate. In the following days, … Continue reading