http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai Facilitate cutting-edge research about Latin America at UCLA en-us WATCH: Video footage from two-day conference on organized crime, corruption and drug trafficking in Latin America. http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=131252"Ballads Without Borders: The Mexican Corrido Past & Present" will examine the history, development and significance of one of Mexico's most popular and enduring oral traditions.http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=130452Librarian Emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and founder of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=130425Prominent scholar of Latin American and Iberian music, composer and UCLA professor died on December 22, 2012 of natural causes.http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=129676The UCLA Latin American Institute is a proud community and cultural supporter of this year’s AFI Film Festival presented by Audi from November 1 - 8. This year, the LAI is the official host of the film "After Lucia" (Despues de Lucia). http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=128663A series of five films in Spanish being screened October 30th through November 13thhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=128312Kevin Terraciano, professor of history and acting director of UCLA’s Latin American Institute, is the 2012 winner of the Gold Shield Faculty Prize. http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=126466A inside look at the rainforest's quilomboshttp://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=125602Christopher Donnan’s revelations Naymlap and his findings at two sites are detailed in his new 268-page book “Chotuna and Chornancap: Excavating an Ancient Peruvian Legend.”http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=124808Combination of cultures makes Los Angeles a city like no other, says L.A. Councilmember Eric Garcettihttp://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=124456