Commentaries by Joseph Marren

Brazil’s President Impeached: Could It Happen Here?

September 5, 2016 08:05:47 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Joseph H. Marren discusses the impeachment of Brazil's President... On August 30 Brazil's Senate voted to convict Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff on charges that she used improper accounting to cover-up a growing budget deficit and illegal loans...

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Women's rights activists founded NOW

On November 21, 1966, the National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in Chicago.

Dayton Accords settled, ending war in Bosnia

On November 21, 1995, leaders of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia agreed to the Dayton Accords, ending the civil war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The Accords were formally signed in Paris, France on December 14. Learn more about the Dayton Accords from the European Union.