About the Author
José Morales Arilla is a graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School for the Arts and Sciences. His research encompasses the political climate of many Latin American countries including Colombia and Venezuela. He is currently working on a large project studying the ongoing political, economic, and social crisis in Venezuela.
Social and Political Effects of the Venezuelan Blackouts
More Student Views
Puerto Rico’s Act 60: More Than Economics, a Human Rights Issue
For my senior research analysis project, I chose to examine Puerto Rico’s Act 60 policy. To gain a personal perspective on its impact, I interviewed Nyia Chusan, a Puerto Rican graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University, who shared her experiences of how gentrification has changed her island:
Beyond Presence: Building Kichwa Community at Harvard
I recently had the pleasure of reuniting with Américo Mendoza-Mori, current assistant professor at St Olaf’s College, at my current institution and alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Mendoza-Mori, who was invited to Madison by the university’s Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program, shared how Indigenous languages and knowledges can reshape the ways universities teach, research and engage with communities, both local and abroad.
Of Salamanders and Spirits
I probably could’ve chosen a better day to visit the CIIDIR-IPN for the first time. It was the last week of September and the city had come to a full stop. Citizens barricaded the streets with tarps and plastic chairs, and protest banners covered the walls of the Edificio de Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca, all demanding fair wages for the state’s educators. It was my first (but certainly not my last) encounter with the fierce political activism that Oaxaca is known for.
