Focus on Geography

Che Guevara‘s revolutionary image fades with changes in politics and popular culture, allowing for public commemoration in his Argentine birthplace.

Kojima, a small island off the coast of northern Japan, serves as a center for the collecting and processing of kombu (a Japanese kelp) and is defended from erosion by artificial structues including a seawall, several groins and four detached breakwaters.

This article offers an analysis of the issues involved when a country, in this case the Philippines, offers its people as a major export commodity.

The mysterious “Blue People” of the Sahara, the Tuareg, have long struggled for territorial independence. This article summarizes Tuareg culture and political ambitions and highlights the complexity of and challenges for their society.