In his role as UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Mark Carney established the Net Zero Banking Alliance before the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. The alliance was established to help facilitate the … Continue reading
Category: The Americas
From Peace to Precarity: How USAID Cuts Threaten Colombia’s Stability
On February 26 of this year, Donald Trump announced that his administration would eliminate over 90 percent of foreign aid contracts developed through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), along with $60 billion in global assistance. The move came … Continue reading
Democracy in Action: What We Can Learn from Brazil’s Bolsonaro Trial
Amidst a changing tariff landscape and turbulent global conflicts, Brazil’s recent acts of judicial accountability sharply contrast the global trend of increased democratic backsliding. In spite of domestic divisions and retaliation from the Trump administration, Brazil is succeeding where a … Continue reading
Preserving the Future: Water, Accountability, and AI
As the artificial intelligence industry expands, so does its ecological footprint. ChatGPT alone uses an estimated 39.16 million gallons of water daily. That is the equivalent of everyone in Taiwan, a country of approximately 24 million people, flushing their toilet … Continue reading
Cuban in Eswatini or Nigerian in Togo? The Potential Pilot Program for American Deportees
As many are already aware, the Trump administration has promised strict mass deportation, purportedly in an effort to protect the U.S. from crime. Already, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims 600,000 people have been deported since January. Shockingly to … Continue reading
L’Argentine et la futilité du Néolibéralisme
L’Argentine est entrée dans une nouvelle crise économique; cette fois-ci, elle est causée par le néolibéralisme. Si l’Argentine (ou d’autres pays d’Amérique du Sud) souhaite éviter des catastrophes économiques semblables, l’État devrait éviter la politique néolibérale.
Récemment, The Telegraph, … Continue reading
Bad Bunny to Perform at Super Bowl LIX: A Win for Puerto Rico, a Test for America
“This is for my people, my culture, my history,” said Puerto Rican Reggaetón sensation Bad Bunny in a recent statement, announcing his commitment to perform at the 2026 Super Bowl. Amassing over 92 million streams on Spotify, Benito Antonio … Continue reading
Election Time in a New York State of Mind
With the upcoming New York City mayoral elections, Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani has taken center stage with his bold ideas. However, are his policies feasible or are they too unrealistic?
In 1624, Dutch colonists founded New Amsterdam as a trading … Continue reading
South America’s Lithium Triangle Reshapes Global Trade Through Resource Nationalism
I. Introduction
Lithium has become the “new oil” of the global energy transition—and South America’s Lithium Triangle (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile) holds more than half of the world’s known reserves—about 56% overall, with Bolivia alone containing roughly 21%, the largest share … Continue reading
Freedom for Some: Increasing Media, Press, and Academic Censorship under the Trump Administration
A defining feature of Donald Trump’s approach to governance is the suppression of dissent and the intimidation of opponents, whether directly through his administration, indirectly through institutional pressure, or by inciting hostility among his supporters.
Since returning to power … Continue reading