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May 11, 2010

Global
New Relationship with the International Criminal Court Critical to U.S. Goal of Prosecuting War Criminals

As the Obama administration prepares for the May 31-June 11 review conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kampala, Uganda, a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Special Report, Fr…

October 28, 2016

Venezuela
Three Factors Driving Venezuela’s Impasse

[This post was co-authored with John Polga-Hecimovich*] The increasingly dangerous crisis in Venezuela (described in the first post of this series), has been complicated by the political economy o…

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October 21, 2016

United States
Corruption, FATCA, and the Tightening Dragnet Around Brazilian Offshore Accounts

The Brazilian Federal Revenue Secretariat (SRF) has some good news to cheer: a big haul of fines and taxes from assets held offshore by Brazilians. The deadline for filing under Brazil’s equivalent o…

Replicas of R$100,00 banknotes are hung on a clothesline during a protest of the national union of prosecutors against money laundering in Brazil, at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia

January 28, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Catholics Suspend National Activity In the Christian Association of Nigeria

The Roman Catholic Church has suspended its participation in meetings at the national level of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The Catholic bishops stated that “CAN is being dragged into …

Storm clouds gather over the Church of the Holy Trinity in Onitsha, Nigeria, April 14, 2005.

January 18, 2023

Health
Daughters and Sons Guest Event: A Conversation With Anthony Fauci

After more than five decades at the National Institutes of Health, physician-scientist Anthony S. Fauci, MD recently stepped down as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea…

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