This course is designed to strengthen communication and critical thinking skills to understand and analyze political and international issues. Taught in Spanish, this course provides approaches to historical and cultural contexts in order to engage in class discussions on issues that affect the Hispanic/Latino world, Hispanics in the US, and the region's relationship with the US. Among others, these will include migration, the growing fascination with fascism, strengthening democratic institutions, and voting rights. Assignments will include practical engagement with, for instance, Spanish-speaking stakeholders.