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A Pact of Silence: Press Censorship after the Guatemalan Civil War
On January 15th, 2024, Guatemala swore in a new President, Bernardo Arévalo, an anti-corruption crusader whose landslide victory last fall shocked the country. Arévalo, a former diplomat, won the election by promising good governance reforms and an end to Democratic…
A Crowded Playing Field: Tesla’s Ascendant Chinese Competitor
BYD, the largest automotive manufacturer you have probably never heard of, is beating Tesla at its own game. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Shenzhen-based carmaker sold 526,000 battery-powered vehicles, outpacing Tesla’s net sales by approximately nine percent. The…
The Human Cost of Russia’s War Against Ukraine
“I should have died two times already,” said Nataliia Shuliakova with a somber smile. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has unimaginably changed her life. When the war broke out in early 2022, Shuliakova and her family temporarily relocated to Moldova….
The Struggle to Be Heard: The Underrecognition of Endometriosis
As a teenager growing up in Austria, Veronika Denner heard that the pain she felt “every single second of every single day” was simply something she had to endure. Denner graduated from Yale in December 2023 and is an endometriosis…
Untreated Wounds: The Quest to Restore the Rule of Law in Poland
Interviews with Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Matczak, and Tuleya were conducted in Polish; their remarks have been translated. Sunday, October 15, 2023 marked a twist of fate for Poland’s democracy. Citizens flooded voting stations to participate in the national parliamentary elections. Voter turnout…
Embattled and Emboldened: The Many Fronts of India’s Grand Strategy
Since the early 2000s, buttressed by the weight of its technological advancement and marshaled by burgeoning ideological schisms, India has forged an increasingly complex net of strategic relations. Accordingly, the landscape of Indian international affairs, divided between India, America, and…
A Woman’s Place: The Race for Mexico’s First Female President
Classrooms are now tense encampments for student protestors at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), one of the most prestigious universities in Mexico. Marisa Belausteguigoitia, a full-time lecturer at UNAM whose research focuses on collective young feminist protestors, shared that…
Global Fever: The Climate-Driven Infectious Diseases Threatening Worldwide Health Systems
In the beginning of the 19th century, New Orleans was one of the United States’ wealthiest and largest cities. Its port shipped the produce of the American interior to worldwide markets, and wealthy merchants walked the streets in the latest…