Latin America
The Power of International Observes, and Citizens United in the Struggle for Transparency in Mexican Government
By: Lilia Martinez / We began our LACIS lecture series on the topic of Mexico’s Elections, International Observers and the case of Atlixco, Puebla. Our lecture was given by Barbara Alvarado an International Observer Honorary …
“The Politics of Blackness. Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil” By: Gladys Mitchell-Walthour
Dr. Gladys Mitchell-Walthour is a Political Scientist specializing in Brazilian racial politics. Her work examines Afro-Brazilian racial identification and political behavior and opinion. She is currently Assistant Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Africology …
“Fonkoze and the Path to a Better Life for Haiti’s Poor” by Steve Werlin
About the speaker: Steven Werlin has been living and working in Haiti since 2005, and now works for Fonkoze, Haiti’s largest microfinance institution. He was an advisor to Fonkoze’s literacy and education programs for four years, …
What is DACA and Who are the Dreamers? By Kennia Coronado
About the speaker: Kennia Coronado is a PhD student in the Political Science Department. She holds a double-major in Political Science and Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latino studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. …
“Democratizing Texas Politics: Race, Identity, and Mexican American Empowerment, 1945-2002” By: Benjamin Márquez
By the beginning of the twenty-first century, Texas led the nation in the number of Latino officeholders, despite the state’s violent history of racial conflict. Exploring this and other seemingly contradictory realities of Texas’s …
“The Essential Role of Community Organizing in National Change”
In March, 2017, El Salvador became the first country in the world to ban metallic mining declaring it too destructive to their fragile environment and water resources. This revolution came after devastating pollution by multi-national …
“Haitian Change” by: Nicxon Digacin
Nixcon Digacin is native to rural Haiti. He has worked for different international NGOs in Haiti for the past five years, including Entrepreneurs du Monde and the World Bank. Nicxon first came to the United …
WILDLIFE OF CUBA By: Nils Navarro.
Nils is the author and illustrator of of the recently published book “Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Comprehensive Field Guide”. He is the taxonomist and former curator of herpetology at the Museum of Natural History, …
“Land use change and oasis bird communities in the Atacama desert”
About the speaker: Dr. Cristian Estrades is Full Professor of the Faculty of Forest Science at the Universidad de Chile. His research is focus on aspects like ecology and conservation of wildlife, landscape ecology, …