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Emerson Professor urges students to stay informed with Venezuelas crisis

Emerson Professor urges students to stay informed with Venezuela’s crisis

By Belen Dumont, News Editor
June 8, 2019

An Emerson College professor spoke at the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday to educate Boston residents and political officials on the history of Venezuela’s crisis and the current state of the...

“Building Hope in an Era of Uncertainty” featured multiple Venezuelan speakers, such as Miguel Angel Santos from Harvard University. Tomas Gonzalez / Beacon Staff

Emerson students help organize panel on Venezuelan crisis

By Tomas Gonzalez, Staff Writer/Photographer
April 3, 2019

Freshman Diana Mucchiut felt scared when she could not reach her mother on the phone during the first of many major power outages that started occurring in Venezuela since March 7. “I was used to...

Nizar El Fakih speaks to Emerson students about how Venezuelans survive the democratic crisis. / Photo by Stefania Lugli / Beacon Staff

Students reflect on crisis in Venezuela at #TrendingTopic event

By Stefania Lugli and Jacob Seitz
February 9, 2019

Junior Ana Salas arrived in the U.S. from Caracas, Venezuela when she was 18 years old to pursue communication studies at Emerson. Her mother pushed her to study abroad shortly after President Hugo Chavez...

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