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Amanda Felberg

Amanda Felberg

Amanda Felberg is a second year IR & History student from Brazil, with a particular interest in the Americas, especially the US. She is mainly concerned with social welfare and political turmoil affecting the Americas, which is usually the central theme of her posts. Keen to explore in more depth Asia and experience the region first hand, Amanda's next big trip will be to China! Amanda reports on the Americas for The London Globalist Blog.

This Tuesday I went to see one of LSE’s public lectures entitled: ‘The Foreign Policy Dilemmas of the US Administration in the Next Four Years.’ The speaker was Professor John …

This Sunday, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will end the two-month ceasefire they set (in November of last year) without the approval of the Colombian government. The conflict, …

Ever since the beginning of the United States as country, guns have played a key role in its history. Enshrined in its constitution, as the second amendment, is the poignant …

On the 30th of June 2012, Mohamed Morsi became the first democratically elected president of Egypt. Coming to power on the heels of the Arab Spring and the ousting of …

Having never been an intense follower of US politics, I surprised myself with how captivated I became over the current US elections. Perhaps it’s the perceived simplicity of a two-party …