Paid Domestic Workers, Women and Democracy
I first visited Peru in 1995 as a graduate student and junior member of a Latin American Studies Association delegation to examine the state of democracy in that country on the…
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Country: Peru
Slavery Upstairs, Slavery Downstairs
On February 14, 1800, someone slipped an anonymous letter to the solicitor general of Lima’s high court via one of his domestic servants. When he opened it, the solicitor (fiscal)…
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Qualified but Rejected
English + Español
As of 2021, more than six million Venezuelans had left a crisis-ridden country in search of a decent life that is not plagued by food insecurity and the lack of other basic needs. Close to five million of them…
Studying the Middle Class in Lima as the Wall Fell in Berlin
English + Español
Any academic who reaches a certain age can attest to having lived through at least one or two revolutions within their disciplines. Work can be divided into a before and an after, signalled…
Planting Dreams
English + Español
Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano once wrote, “Many little people, in small places, doing little things, can change the world.” A few days ago, I called my friend and retired teacher Elena…