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Culture matters, especially in medicine
A Latin America Institute symposium finds that culture greatly influences how indigenous communities in Mexico, Central and South America experience Western medicine.
Posted: 3/14/2013
PODCAST- Encuentro con Carla Guelfenbein: Una chilena en la republica mundial de la novela
Listen to a presentation by novelist Carla Guelfenbein
Posted: 2/1/2013
PODCAST- 520 Years of Dictatorship: Survival, Struggle and Militancy of the Mapuche People
Listen to presentation by poet and political activist Graciela Huinao
Posted: 11/1/2012
From Argentina, Chile and Iran, They Lived to Tell and Teach
Three survivors of state torture – an Argentine architect and activist, a Chilean artist, and an Iranian journalist and author – tell their stories on campus this month. In an installation on display Oct. 25-27 in Broad Art Center, Victor Videla Godoy will recreate his prison cell, this time lined with his remarkable, rediscovered correspondence with his mother.
Posted: 10/21/2010
Campus Welcomes Whirlwind Visits by Heads of State
The presidents of Chile, Croatia and the Dominican Republic descended on UCLA with their entourages over a five-day span Sept. 24-28. The dignitaries held meetings with Chancellor Gene Block and university, state and city officials and forged international partnerships in education, research, environmental issues and other areas.
Posted: 9/30/2010
Chilean President Piñera, Gov. Schwarzenegger Visit Campus
The leaders witnessed the signing of memorandums of understanding between universities in California, including UCLA, and Chile.
Posted: 9/25/2010
10 Questions for Sebastián Edwards
UCLA novelist and economist Sebastián Edwards on Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and the false promise of Populism.
Posted: 8/27/2010
To be or not to be Multilingual
A lecture by UCLA professor of Geography Jared Diamond.
Posted: 4/16/2010
UC Study Abroad Students in Chile Confirmed Safe
Education Abroad Program participants used Facebook, Twitter and e-mail to contact friends and family, reports The Daily Bruin student newspaper.
Posted: 3/1/2010
Chilean Poet Raul Zurita Draws, and Stirs, a Crowd
Raul Zurita, one of Latin America's great living poets and one of Chile's most important voices against dictatorship, reads and discusses his poetry on campus.
Posted: 5/1/2009
At Kickoff for UCLA Center, Argentine Ambassador Sizes Up Latest Crisis
Hector Marcos Timerman, the ambassador to the United States, tells how Argentina emerged from the economic crisis of 2001. UCLA's Sebastian Edwards says current troubles are deep, but not a Great Depression in the making. Both welcome the UCLA Center for Argentina, Chile, and the Southern Cone.
Posted: 10/9/2008
Unknown Voices from Argentina
Photographer Patrick Liotta and Mapuche Indian performer Beatriz Pichi Malen tell of the Mapuche people's bravery and determination in confronting wars, poverty, and domination by various groups.
Posted: 11/17/2006
'Truth Without Justice' in Chile
Human rights lawyer Fabiola Letelier argues that Chile has assembled plenty of facts about Pinochet years, needs to move on to punishment of guilty and reparations for victims. She does not entirely share public 'optimism' about President Michelle Bachelet.
Posted: 4/26/2006
Lawyer to Discuss Human Rights
Fabiola Letelier will be speaking today about prosecuting secret police in Chile.
Posted: 4/11/2006
Directors of Three Chilean Museums Tour Hammer and Fowler Museums
Heads of UCLA's two museums discuss museum management and finance with visitors from Chile.
Posted: 7/14/2003
