The ReVista book review section features reviews of recent books about Latin America, the Caribbean and the Latinx community in all disciplines.
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Afro-Latin American Studies: An Introduction
A Review of Afro-Latin American Studies: An Introduction Afro-Latin America: Black Agency and Nation-Building In the ongoing process of exploring, making and re-making the modern world, some stake flags, others publish books—both being political constructions and...
Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century
A Review of Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century Contemporary Human Rights and Latin America On September 5, 1921, Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Hollywood’s then best-paid star, attended a party in San Francisco’s St. Francis Hotel, drank...
Youth in Postwar Guatemala: Education and Civic Identity in Transition
A Review of Youth in Postwar Guatemala: Education and Civic Identity in Transition Guatemalan Youth as Citizens in Waiting What happens when young people must simultaneously grapple with an uncertain future burdened with the legacy of conflict, violence, and impunity?...
Social Policy Expansion in Latin America
A Review of Social Policy Expansion in Latin America Understanding Social Protections The welfare state emerged in middle-income countries in Latin America during the first half of the 20th century when health care services and pensions were granted to workers with...
Anatomía de una Trampa
A Review by Anatomía de una Trampa Fighting Corruption through Diplomacy While campaigning, many politicians in Latin America use the rhetoric of dignity and rectitude to sway voters. However, in power, they often forget electoral promises, abusing their position for...
Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba
A Review of Social Policies and Decentralization in Cuba Social Policy in Cuba: Across the Great Divides From my snapshot views of Cuba in visits over the years, two eye-opening moments stand out. In 1980, after visiting one workplace after another where union and...
Telenovelas in Pan-Latino Context
A Review of Telenovelas in Pan-Latino Context (Junk) Food for ThoughtWhen I was running a newspaper bureau in Nicaragua, I once went to look for my housekeeper to ask where we kept something or other. She wasn’t there, but her TV was on. And on the screen were three...
Getting Respect
A Review of Getting Respect Responding to Stigma and Discrimination in the United States, Brazil and Israel Black Lives Matter in Brazil Too When I first arrived in Brazil in the 1980s, I quickly learned that race in Brazil was not important there. The country that...
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