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April 2017

Americas April 2017 International News 

Puerto Rico’s President Submits Plan to Combat Deficit

April 6, 2017April 12, 2017 Joshua Corpuz 0 Comments Economic Plan, PROMESA, Puerto Rico

The federal oversight board of Puerto Rico unanimously agreed to a new economic plan that will restructure the $70 million debt faced by the country. The plan is set to take effect over the next ten years and improve fiscal solvency on the island.

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April 2017 Focus Middle East Narcotics Trade 

FOCUS on the Narcotics Trade: Jordan

April 6, 2017April 12, 2018 Shamel Dishack 0 Comments Drug Addiction, Jordan, Translated

The Middle Eastern culture is collectivist by nature, where the behavior of one person reflects on the family he or she represents. Families who harbor drug addicts are less likely to talk about it to officials and centers that may offer rehabilitation.

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April 2017 Featured Sections School of Diplomacy News 

School Launches Internship Scholarship With Vatican’s U.N. Mission

April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Mariah McCloskey 0 Comments Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza, Archdiocese of Newark Joseph William Cardinal Tobin, Pope John Paul II Fellowship

The School of Diplomacy unveiled the Pope John Paul II Fellowship at a lecture by Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza, the permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations.

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April 2017 Asia Focus Narcotics Trade 

FOCUS on the Narcotics Trade: Philippines

April 6, 2017April 12, 2018 The Editorial Board 0 Comments Drug Addiction, Philippines, Translated

In Portugal, removing the threat of imprisonment was followed by an increase in visits to rehabilitation clinics and the last estimate of the Dangerous Drugs Board in 2012 reported 1.7 million users, a significant decline from 6.7 million users in 2004.

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April 2017 School of Diplomacy News 

Diplomacy School Elects Abel and Vallejo as SGA Senators

April 6, 2017November 5, 2017 Mariah McCloskey 0 Comments Diplomacy Senators, Reform Party

Jacob Abel and Efrain Vallejo were elected to represent the School of Diplomacy in the Student Government Association Senate for the 2017-2018 academic year. The two senators-elect were part of the Reform Party, who were able to elect 12 out of their 18-candidate ticket.

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April 2017 International News U.S. 

U.S. Open to New Approach to North Korea

April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Santiago Losada 0 Comments Kim Jung-Un, North Korea, Trump

While in Tokyo, Tillerson announced that there needed to be a different approach to handle North Korea’s increasing nuclear threat, but the idea of direct negotiations is very unlikely unless North Korea agrees to give up its nuclear weapons program.

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April 2017 International News Middle East 

Capture of Oil Fields in Libya Leads to Civilian Abuse

April 6, 2017April 12, 2017 Mohammed Syed 0 Comments Combating Illegal Migration, Humanitarian Catastrophe, Libya

Libya’s population of 1.5 million has been under fire for the last two years, in growing tensions and violence heightened by the Mediterranean refugee crisis and the competing government’s conflict over capturing Libya’s oil ports.

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April 2017 Europe Opinion 

Is Europe Losing Freedom?

April 6, 2017April 4, 2017 Vincent Maresca 0 Comments Freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech

There is discussion of the possibility that the citizens of major European democracies are gradually losing their liberties. Therefore, is there such a perpetual loss of basic freedoms?

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April 2017 Opinion 

Words From Our Senior Editors

April 6, 2017April 12, 2017 The Editorial Board 0 Comments Envoy Staff, Senior Editors

Five graduating editors reflect on their tenures, the challenges the Envoy has faced, and their hope for the newspaper in the future.

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April 2017 Europe International News 

Basque Separatist Group Promises To Disarm

April 6, 2017April 5, 2017 Madison Feser 0 Comments ETA, France, Spain

The Basque separatist group Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA), who have killed over 820 people, staged hundreds of shootings, and orchestrated dozens of kidnappings, promised complete disarmament by April 8.

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