marisapr

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Marisa is a third-year law student at the University of Pittsburgh. She is pursuing certificates in Health Law and in Latin American Studies. She is interested in gender and race issues and how they affect immigration and immigrant communities. She also does research in public health issues. She has been contributing with articles for Panoramas since 2015.

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Friday, March 24, 2017 - 08:00 0

Controversial even then, the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed in 1992 and went into effect in...

Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 08:00 0

On March 8, 2017 most of the world celebrated International Women’s day. And while this celebration has seldom existed...

Friday, February 17, 2017 - 08:00 0

For some, he was a fighter, an independence activist.  But for the U.S. government, he was a threat. Oscar Rivera was...

Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 08:00 0

 

There is no doubt that President Trump’s actions in the past week have shaken up the immigrant...

Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 08:00 0

Donald Trump is but one of many individuals in the American continent that went from being a businessman to a political...

Monday, January 2, 2017 - 08:45 0

Indigenous communities in Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast are working to secure rights to broad "territories" based on...

Monday, December 19, 2016 - 08:00 0

     Venezuela’s health care system is being adversely affected by its economic crisis.  From...

Monday, December 12, 2016 - 07:45 0

Last week, we published an article concerning Trump’s pledge to completely overhaul our immigration policy.  His plans...

Monday, December 5, 2016 - 08:00 0

“Conceptually, we may call truth what we cannot change; metaphorically, it is the ground on which we stand and the...

Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 00:30 0

Women in Latin America are very well represented in the political sphere as compared to the U.S.   In fact, Ban Ki Moon...

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