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Déjà vu in Venezuela?

Tuesday, April 1 | 12:00 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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Luis de Lión: El literato que renace como un pentagrama para construir memoria

Tuesday, April 8 | 10:00 AM PT | Rolfe Hall, Rm 3105

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Book Talk: Black Lives Matter in Latin America

Tuesday, April 8 | 12:30 PM PT | Haines Hall, Rm 118

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Experimental Ethnographic Forms

Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Art in Brazil

Tuesday, April 8 | 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383

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Chinchillas: From Wilderness to Breeding Farms, from the Andes to Southern California

Monday, April 14 | 2:00 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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Festival de Cineastas Mayas

Tuesday, April 15 | 2:00 PM | 4 sesiones

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Fue el Estado: A Neglected Human Rights Report on Mexico's Dirty War

Thursday, April 17 | 12:00 PM PT | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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África en el Caribe Colombiano Ritmos Afro-Colombianos: Origen y Evolución

Latin American Institute Rhythms in Migration Series

Tuesday, April 22 | 5:00 PM | Webinar | Event en español

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Visions of Global Environmental Justice

Comunidades Negras and the War on Drugs in Colombia

Wednesday, April 23 | 1:00 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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In Conversation with Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol

Friday, April 25 | 5:00 PM PT | Macgowan Hall. Rm 1340

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Haiti's crisis: Gangs, corruption and injustice

Haiti's crisis stems from entrenched corruption, impunity and the unchecked flow of firearms, which have enabled gangs to seize control of vast portions of the country, said Haitian journalist Widlore Mérancourt.

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The UCLA team behind the Digital Florentine Codex

UCLA Magazine delves into the team of UCLA alumni and professors who played an instrumental role in creating the Getty Digital Florentine Codex. The entire 16th-century encyclopedia of Indigenous Mexican knowledge and culture is now easily accessible worldwide for the first time in its history.

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Workshop in Oaxaca immerses L.A. teachers in Indigenous Mexican culture

Latin American Institute summer program prepares K–12 instructors to bring new knowledge into their classrooms.

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Déjà vu in Venezuela?

Tuesday, April 1 | 12:00 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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Luis de Lión: El literato que renace como un pentagrama para construir memoria

Tuesday, April 8 | 10:00 AM PT | Rolfe Hall, Rm 3105

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Book Talk: Black Lives Matter in Latin America

Tuesday, April 8 | 12:30 PM PT | Haines Hall, Rm 118

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Experimental Ethnographic Forms

Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Art in Brazil

Tuesday, April 8 | 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383

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Chinchillas: From Wilderness to Breeding Farms, from the Andes to Southern California

Monday, April 14 | 2:00 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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Festival de Cineastas Mayas

Tuesday, April 15 | 2:00 PM | 4 sesiones

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Fue el Estado: A Neglected Human Rights Report on Mexico's Dirty War

Thursday, April 17 | 12:00 PM PT | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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África en el Caribe Colombiano Ritmos Afro-Colombianos: Origen y Evolución

Latin American Institute Rhythms in Migration Series

Tuesday, April 22 | 5:00 PM | Webinar | Event en español

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Visions of Global Environmental Justice

Comunidades Negras and the War on Drugs in Colombia

Wednesday, April 23 | 1:00 PM | Bunche Hall, Rm 10383 & Online

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In Conversation with Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol

Friday, April 25 | 5:00 PM PT | Macgowan Hall. Rm 1340

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Haiti's crisis: Gangs, corruption and injustice

Haiti's crisis stems from entrenched corruption, impunity and the unchecked flow of firearms, which have enabled gangs to seize control of vast portions of the country, said Haitian journalist Widlore Mérancourt.

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The UCLA team behind the Digital Florentine Codex

UCLA Magazine delves into the team of UCLA alumni and professors who played an instrumental role in creating the Getty Digital Florentine Codex. The entire 16th-century encyclopedia of Indigenous Mexican knowledge and culture is now easily accessible worldwide for the first time in its history.

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Workshop in Oaxaca immerses L.A. teachers in Indigenous Mexican culture

Latin American Institute summer program prepares K–12 instructors to bring new knowledge into their classrooms.

The UCLA Latin American Institute is a vital regional, national, and international resource on Latin America. Since its founding in 1959, the LAI has equipped generations of leaders, professionals, and students with the information and skills required for understanding the vast and complex region of Latin America. The LAI supports research by funding grants and foreign-language instruction, and disseminates recent scholarship through conferences, workshops, public programs, teacher training, and publications.

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Are Haitians Pet Eaters? The Demonization of Haitians has a long history in the West

Written by Lauren Derby, Professor of Latin American history, University of......


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Housing Uruguay's Rural Poor

Blog Post by Samuel T. Brandt...


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On Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society and the STS publishing in landscape LATAM in

Written by Leandro Rodriguez Medina, Founding Editor-in-Chief, 2017-2022 Director, Center for the......


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Apr1

Déjà vu in Venezuela?


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Landscaping Indigenous Mexico


Bunche Hall, Rm 6275
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Apr8

Recommended Books

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Talking Trash: Cultural Uses of Waste

by Maite Zubiaurre

Much has been written about landfills and the monumentality of rubbish, but little attention has been paid to "litter," the small trash that soils the urban pavement, like the bits of chewing gum that some artists decorate. Talking Trash looks at... Read More

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Reality in Movement: Octavio Paz as Essayist and Public Intellectual

by Maarten van Delden

Reality in Movement looks at a wide range of topics of interest in Paz's career, including his engagement with the subversive, adversary strain in Western culture; his meditations on questions of cultural identity and intercultural contact; his dialogue with both leftist and... Read More

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Agrarian Puerto Rico: Reconsidering Rural Economy and Society, 1899–1940

by César J. Ayala and Laird W. Bergad

Fundamental tenets of colonial historiography are challenged by showing that US capital investment into this colony did not lead to the disappearance of the small farmer. Contrary to well-established narratives, quantitative data... Read More

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Something to celebrate: A future woman president of Mexico

May 28 & 29, 2024. Director of the UCLA Center for......


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Workshop in Oaxaca immerses L.A. teachers in Indigenous Mexican culture

Latin American Institute summer program prepares K–12 instructors to bring new......


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Newly digitized Florentine Codex reveals Aztec culture, language

Scholars from the UCLA Latin American Institute are celebrating Getty's release......


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Bilingual and bicultural migrant students bring assets, not deficits, to their educations

A webinar series on education of children who grow up on......


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The UCLA Latin American Studies MA Program Instructs and Inspires

Blog Post by Bonnie Taub, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Latin American Studies...


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