Hayley Serpa/Staff Writer From the middle of 2019 up till now, people all over the world have risen up to protest abuses of power by the heads of state and the legislative bodies of their countries. This abuse of power usually manifests itself as police violence and brutality against citizens who are fighting for their […]
Sebastián Arcos/ Guest Columnist Interactions between the U.S. and Cuba go back several centuries to a time when both nations were European colonies. For most of this time the bilateral relationship has been largely defined by two constants: geographic proximity and power asymmetry. Two nations living as next-door neighbors; one large, rich and powerful, often […]
Eduardo Alvarez/Contributing Writer The elections held in Mexico on Sunday, July 1, saw the rise of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, an anti-establishment populist who uses the masses’ emotion as his pedestal. Some have called him the Mexican Donald Trump, and I’m afraid they’re right. His victory is tightly correlated with President Donald Trump’s tenure in […]
Laquavia Smith/ Staff Writer San Juan, Puerto Rico: population 395,326, square feet 199.4km. Arriving in this U.S territory was an honoring and awakening experience. At first glance, San Juan is a beautiful city full of vibrant street houses and authentic Puerto Rican cuisine. At second glance however, my perception of Puerto Rico shifted from a beautiful […]
Image by Prime Minister of Israel via Flickr Amid Bennaim | Staff Writer opinion@fiusm.com Unfortunately, we live in a country in which everything has become politicized and we sometimes forget the role of our leaders. We often assume that it is the same in other countries, but it is not. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) […]
Mariella Roque/Staff Writer Professor Dario Moreno’s Florida Politics class is used to hearing a lecture by Sen. Marco Rubio once a week, but, on Friday, Feb. 1, it was treated to a brief speech by Sir Peter Westmacott, British ambassador to the US who highlighted the relationship between the two countries, and Cuba. “I’m not […]
