Getz/Gilberto, named for the two featured artists on the album, American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto is one of the albums that best defines the Bossa Nova genre. According to blank, (insert …
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Intersections of Queerness in Latin America
Ruth Llana Fernandez and Emi Frerichs are both Ph.D. Candidates in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UW-Madison. Their research, much of which they both completed in Argentina, centers on queerness, queer bodies, and …
Detailing the Themes in the Novels of Lucrecia Zappi
Lucrecia Zappi is a journalist and novelist from Buenos Aires, although she grew up in both Mexico City and Brazil. Her two novels, Acre and Jaguar Negro focus on mythical worlds with vast geographies, using …
Does Migrating Get You A Better Job? Looking At The Occupational Outcomes of Migration in Southern Mexico
The decision for migrants to pick up their lives and leave the familiarity of their homes is never an easy one to understand. However, one of the most commonly justified reasons for migration is the …
The Link Between Media Repression and Queer Repression in Cuba
Since criminalization and repression under the Castro “regime”, Cuba has had a long and treacherous history in discrimination of the queer community. Now that Castro is dead the relationship is even more complicated as Cuba …
Northwestern professor discusses artistic expressions of activism at UW event
The Truth Behind The Migrant Caravans
The Migrant Caravans traveling from South-Central America to the United States in search of an escape from the unstable and dangerous environments in their native countries have captivated the attention of much of the world. …
Understanding The Bolsonaro Presidency and Brazil’s Transition From Times of Hope to Hate
Recently-elected Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is often referred to as the “Trump of the tropics”. The ideals which he ran on, known as Bolsonarismo, include furthering the military, and generalizing marginalized groups including indigenous peoples, …
Social Media in Chile: An Avenue for Enhanced Democratic Engagement, Or Fake News?
Tinker visiting professor Sebastian Valenzuela has been analyzing the effects of social media on political engagement for the past five years. However, in his lecture, he immediately acknowledges that the way people use social media …
Genetics in the Conservation Biology of the Andean Condor
At the size of a medium dog, the Condor is the largest flying bird in the world. For 100s of years, the birds have a documented relationship first with indigenous people in South America, to colonizers, to …