One of the standard definitions used to describe a functional state comes from sociologist Max Weber, who described a state as having a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence or physical force. For...
Venezuela has descended into chaos. Inflation, which has run rampant in the past couple of years, is hard to measure, but estimates place it around 33,000 percent, and some have projected it to exceed...
Approximately 15 people picketed outside the Park Street T station Friday evening in support of the addition of the Clean Dream Act to the spending bill in order to prevent government shutdown....
In the wake of President Donald Trump's new travel ban issued on Sept. 24, Boston University officials said they do not anticipate it will have much of an impact on the university's community, even...
Venezuela is famous for its success with beauty pageants. It has the highest number of Miss World, with six titles. It also has the second-highest number of Miss Universe titles, tailing behind the United...
I remember sitting in synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela, one night when a presidential candidate walked in. It was Hugo Chavez and the year was 1998. At this point we had no idea that Chavez’s government...
There is more media than ever in the world, and we can be linked to more places than ever as information travels across the globe. In many ways, we are more informed of distant places and events than any...
Though negotiations have been going on for years, recently there has been cautious hope in Colombia. Of the countless communist groups in the country, the only real threat to peace that remains under arms...
