Kunming, a major city in southwest China known for its year-around warmth, has recently experienced cruel terrorist killings, which targeted civilians. On the evening of March 1, 2014, eight masked attackers armed with long knives rushed into the Kunming rail station, leaving twenty nine civilians dead and over 150 people injured. The mass stabbing constituted… Read more »
As American and European officials work together to impose more strict sanctions on Russia following Sunday’s referendum in Crimea, Moscow expanded its domestic rhetoric into the Western Hemisphere. On February 26, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that Russia would seek military bases in foreign nations, including Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. If successful, this would… Read more »
The current crisis of Venezuela is, as anyone might expect, much more complex than a simple ideological clash between socialists and capitalists. Simply put, the Venezuelan crisis has been the result of a historical social struggle of the poor to acquire a place in society while the entire population from rich to poor, faces a political playing field that is increasingly plagued by corruption, economic collapse, and destructive violence.