by Valeria Martinez, J.D., Immigrant Justice Clinic, Law School, UW-Madison How should the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) interpret the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR) given our increasingly digital world? Does a country …
News from the Region
Learn about current events and news coming out of the LACIS region direct from alumni, friends, and former visiting faculty members.
UW Alum, Dr. Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado featured in La Republica (March 24, 2024)
UW Alum, Dr. Carlos A. Argüelles-Delgado featured in La Republica (March 24, 2024): “Meet the first Peruvian physicist to teach at Harvard and earn more than S/3 million to continue his research”. READ THE ARTICLE
Article published in El Pais by UW alum, Marcos Colon: “Criminal mining, militarization and Indigenous challenges in the Ecuadorian crisis”
The government is faced with the task of comprehensively addressing these problems in the face of the voices and concerns of Indigenous communities and other affected sectors…
“Stopping the Next One” with LACIS alum, Jacob Kushner
by Sarah K. Ripp, LACIS Assistant Director LACIS and Journalism alum, Jacob Kushner, has been working with U.K. journalist, Harriet Constable, on a series of articles and videos featuring potential sources of future global pandemics. …
2020 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
by Isabelle Johnson, LACIS Communications/Social Media Assistant This week, LACIS would like to congratulate two incredible Indigenous leaders from Latin America, Leydy Pech and Nemonte Nenquimo for being named the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients …
On the Ground News: Spain
Written by Vicente Lopez Abad. Translated by Claire Campbell, LACIS Communications and Social Media Intern. In Valencia, in general, everything is pretty much under control given the exceptional health situation in which we are living …
On the Ground News: Argentina
Written by Alejandro Meitin, artist, lawyer, social innovator, founder of the art collective Ala Plastica (1991-2016) and Casa Río Power to do Lab. Translated by Claire Campbell, LACIS Communications and Social Media Intern. The …
On The Ground News from Peru
Written by Nicole Fadellin, PhD in Spanish: Latin American Literature, and Jaime Vargas Luna, Public Servant. The Peruvian government has implemented the most comprehensive response to the pandemic in Latin America. On March 16, ten …
On The Ground News from Mexico
Written by Dr. Lucía Melgar, edited by Claire Campbell, LACIS Social Media and Communications Intern. Mexico enters phase III. Life in Mexico City started changing by mid-March: public and private universities, mots private schools decided …
On the Ground News from Brazil, with update
Video and writing by Jean Vilbert, a Judge, Writer and Professor in São Paulo, Brazil. Coronavirus is coming to the Tropics. What to do now? As coronavirus advances, Brazilians fear a catastrophe, wondering whether the …