As eager young hikers travel to the end of the world in Patagonia to hike some of the world’s most beautiful mountains and glaciers, they may wonder at the words spray-painted on rocks bordering the trails: La ley de glaciares … Continue reading
Category: The Americas
Bus Rapid Transit: How One City’s Innovation Sparked Sustainable Transportation Across the Globe
In 2023, the Brazilian city of Curitiba was named the “Smart City of the Year” at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona; however, it did not always have such a strong reputation. From 1940 to 1960, … Continue reading
L’effet Epstein: passivité et saturation informationnelle
Trafic d’enfants, viols à grande échelle, pédophilie, fraude et implication dans des scandales d’ampleur internationale : les crimes associés à cette affaire couvrent presque tout le spectre de l’horreur humaine. Des actes si extrêmes qu’ils semblent relever de la fiction… … Continue reading
Space Oddity: From Budget Cuts to the Moon
In April 2026, NASA’s Artemis II mission carried astronauts around the moon for the first time in over 50 years. But the mission almost didn’t happen. What does this story say about the state of America and its politics?
On … Continue reading
Regulating Deregulation: Javier Milei’s Labour Reforms in Argentina
On February 19, workers throughout Buenos Aires staged a 24-hour strike to protest the lower house’s approval of libertarian Argentinian president Javier Milei’s labour reforms, which will extend working hours, limit the right to strike, and reduce severance pay. Thousands… Continue reading
To Change or Not to Change: Surnames, Marriages, and the U.S. SAVE Act
In a heterosexual marriage, it has been historically common for the wives to assume their husband’s surname. This practice takes its roots in the Anglo-American common law called coverture, which first emerged in the 13th century, in which … Continue reading
Canadian Mining Abroad: Extraction Through Predation
Canada is home to roughly half of the world’s publicly traded mining and mineral exploration companies. These large Canadian firms frequently frame their operations abroad as vehicles for development, emphasizing the capacity of their projects to “transform lives” and “create … Continue reading
The Death of “El Mencho” and Its Implications for Mexican Tourism
On February 22, Mexican forces shot and killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, more commonly known as “El Mencho,” exacerbating threats of cartel-initiated violence. Cervantes was the mastermind behind the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). The CJNG emerged as an independent … Continue reading
The Compounding Global Crises Crisis
Where decades and eras used to be marked by one or two global crises, the 2020s have seen several in less than one decade. Further, the duration of each conflict has been, on average, two times as long in the … Continue reading
The Fog Catchers
The Fog Catchers of Peru
Peru, notably one of the driest countries on the planet, has been struggling with water security for years. Recently, largely due to the organization Movimiento Peruano Sin Agua, better known in Peru as Los Sin … Continue reading