The Latin American Diaries
Readers in a Foreign Land: A Conversation with Ariana Harwicz
by Dr Catriona McAllister (Lecturer in Latin American Cultural Studies, University of Reading) Ariana Harwicz’s novel Matate, amor is rebellious, energetic, and almost impossible to summarise. It inhabits a space between poetry and prose, offering an...
Inclusiveness in the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Accord
by Louise Winstanley (ABColombia) Women in general, and women from ethnic minorities particularly, suffered a disproportionate level of violence in the armed conflict.[1] The violence that women experience in Colombia was, and continues to be, driven and...
The Woman Determined to Resist: Nora Cortiñas, Co-Founder of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
by Carla Torres and Daniel Ozarow The enforced disappearance of up to 30,000 citizens during Argentina’s last military dictatorship is world renowned. Having ruled the country between 1976 and 1983, the Military Junta was forced to call elections following a...
Daughter of the ‘Pampa Gringa’ and the Andes: an obituary for Ana María Lorandi, 1936-2017
by Mercedes Del Río Ana María Lorandi died in Congreso, a district of Buenos Aires, on January 31st 2017 at the age of 80. First archaeologist, later historian, she pioneered the study of Andean Ethnohistory in the University of Buenos Aires following the radical...
Creating the Atlantic’s Orphan: British Interpretations of Haiti Over Two Hundred Years
by Jack Webb, ILAS Stipendiary Fellow Since defeating the imperial armies of Britain, France, and Spain during the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804), Haiti has been struggling to achieve recognition of its right to sovereignty. In Britain, Haiti has been perceived as...
The Return of the Right in Latin America
by Christopher Wylde, Associate Professor of International Relations at Richmond University and Visiting Fellow at ILAS The so-called ‘Pink Tide’ that swept Latin America from 1998 onwards has recently experienced a number of electoral challenges, which complement...
The Devastating Environmental and Social Impact of Gold Mining in Chocó, Colombia
by Louise Winstanley, Programme and Advocacy Manager, ABColombia Chocó is situated between the Darién Gap on the border with Panama and the departments of Antioquia and Valle de Cauca. It is one of the planet’s hidden tropical treasures, classified as a Forest Reserve...
An “Agonized Siege Over a Roomful of Dynamite”: Histories of Violence Between Miners and the Bolivian State
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....
Rio and the Surreal: The 2016 Olympic Games in a ‘Glocal’ Context
by Giselle Datz, Associate Professor of Government & International Affairs, Virginia Tech Paradoxically ritualistic and idiosyncratic, the Rio Olympics were set against a background of perplexing global and local dynamics which converge around the challenge of...
What is the cost of a basic universal social pension for Latin America and the Caribbean?
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...
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