Topic: International Law
Haiti is close to becoming a failed state
Gangs have attacked the airport and jails while the de facto Prime Minister was out of the country.
Imagining potential solutions to Russia-Ukraine conflict
Students in a special University of Miami class are learning how anxieties about national identity, autonomy, and belonging are fueling the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
#FreeZamora: The fight to save press freedom in Guatemala
José Rubén Zamora is a Guatemalan journalist, publisher, and founder of three newspapers who has exposed political corruption in his country for two decades. A University of Miami panel discussed his case, and the state of press freedom in Guatemala and Latin America.
Millions of Venezuelans have fled their country
A University of Miami expert explains the reasons for the mass exodus during the past decade.
China’s presence and power casts a shadow over Taiwanese elections
Candidates for president of Taiwan must walk a tightrope regarding the country’s China policy. University experts detail the tensions in the high-stakes elections on Saturday.
Weaponizing information: Russia’s continuing form of warfare
Students in a novel class generate strategies to counter Russian state-funded misinformation campaigns that use new technologies to seed fear and disrupt western-style democracies.
Argentina elects far-right president
Javier Milei, an ultra-conservative former television pundit, was elected with 56 percent of the vote. A University Latin American Studies expert weighs in on the outcome.
University Jewish organizations hold ‘Rally for Israel’
The event—to promote peace and unity in a fractured world—drew scores of people who sang and danced and sought to support each other as the Israeli-Hamas war stretches into its third week.
Far-right candidate is front-runner in Sunday’s Argentina election
Javier Milei is leading the group of contenders in the upcoming race to choose the country’s new president. His radical platform and concrete proposals are appealing to voters, according to University of Miami political experts.
Independent businesses—known as ‘pymes’—are growing in Cuba
Experts on Cuba at the University of Miami say the trend for these private enterprises represents needed reform, but it is also a desperate attempt for the Cuban government to help the dire Cuban economy.
