Thinking global, living local: Voices in a globalized world

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  • Coca-Cola Ad in Mayan Communities, Mexico

    Coca-Cola: Globalization in the Modern Mayan World

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    We know we’re living in a globalized world when we realize we’re able to go to our local grocery store and find food from every continent or when our need for news can access any publication anywhere in the world in seconds. But you also know it when you find […]

  • From Russia With Love, Photo by Jamiesrabbits on Flickr (CC licensed)

    In Travel We Trust: A Way of Life for Many Russians

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      ‘Where are you from?’ is the first question everyone asks you. It’s a question I can’t stand. Explaining my origins and identity takes a long time. Why? Well, I was born in Vladivostok, a small city in the far east of Russia. I’ve lived in Tel Aviv, Budapest, Cairo […]

  • Finding the right balance for immigration to Brazil

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    If we look from the country perspective, is it always an advantage having foreigners? Well, not always. We just have to remember the genocide suffered by indigenous people in all Americas. However, over time, immigrants came to Brazil and helped build a country. Nowadays, the country began to receive both low and high skilled workers, like Haitians and Germans. How are their lives here?

  • What Lost Identity?: The Diaspora and Globalization

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    Most of the 5 million Palestinians are refugees. More than two million live in Western Europe and North America. They left Palestine and the refugee camps where they were denied basic human rights to find a better life and better economic opportunities. Most North African Arabs (Egyptians, Moroccans, Tunisians, and […]