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UO students get a 'very real' lesson in freedom of speech

July 18, 2016

Editorial Note: This article first appeared in the Register Guard on July 17, 2016.

The op-ed was written by Will Johnson and Peter Laufer.

 

They entered here, and they took our hard disks,” Javier Matías Borelli said as he showed us the ransacked offices of his newspaper, Tiempo Argentino, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo.


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Students dive into global social justice and human rights issues in Rosario, Argentina

July 18, 2016

The month of July has been busy for 22 GEO Study Abroad students in Rosario, Argentina. The program consists of two cohorts, one from the UO School of Journalism and Communications and the other focuses on human rights and social justice issues.

Last week students went to Montevideo, Uruguay to meet with former President José “Pepe” Mujica in the national legislative palace to discuss politics, environmental rights, and social justice issues.


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