Sep 26, 2016 | Bolivia, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
by Elena McGrath, ILAS Stipendiary Fellow and PhD Candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison On August 26, 2016, Bolivian deputy minister of the interior Rodolfo Illanes was found beaten to death in Panduro, Bolivia, approximately 160 kilometres southeast of La Paz....
Jul 20, 2016 | Caribbean, Central America, LAC and the World, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
by Dr. Gibrán Cruz-Martínez, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies The world’s population is ageing, and Latin America and the Caribbean is no exception. By 2030, the number of older people – those over 60 – is expected to grow by 56 per cent...
Jun 20, 2016 | Central America, El Salvador, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean
by Leigh Binford, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center, CUNY To coincide with publication of a revised and expanded edition of his “The El Mozote Massacre: Human Rights and Global Implications”,...
May 22, 2016 | Ecuador, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
por Manuela Celi, Doctoranda en la Universidad Complutense-Instituto Universitario Investigación Ortega y Gasset, y Associate Fellow en ILAS Previo a la llegada de Alianza País (AP) al escenario político ecuatoriano, la crisis de representación fue un tema de análisis...
Feb 24, 2016 | Caribbean, Colombia, Education, LAC and the World, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean
by Jose Luis Guevara Salamanca, Research Student, Institute of Latin American Studies I am writing this post one year after arriving in London. Having finished my undergraduate studies in 2005 in Colombia I began looking for a place abroad where I could develop my...
Dec 18, 2015 | Amazonas, Caribbean, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America, Venezuela
by Dr Amy Penfield, ILAS Stipendiary Fellow 2015-16 On the morning of Monday 7th December, I was greeted with news reports of the Venezuelan ruling socialist party’s (PSUV) landslide defeat in the previous day’s parliamentary elections, accompanied by images of...
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