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To Bloom Again: The Night Semilla Took Guatemala by Surprise
English + Español
We’re sitting at an empty restaurant in Guatemala City when our server asks a reasonable question: “Who the hell is this Arévalo guy?” Someone yells back from the kitchen: “Probably another corrupt thief.”
Protecting Our Freedom: The Struggle in Colombia to Decriminalize Abortion
English + Español
We were walking towards the Constitutional Court in Bogotá the night of February 22 with several colleagues from Causa Justa (just Cause).
A Review of In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations
Merilee Grindle’s fascinating biography of Mexican-American anthropologist Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933), In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall and the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations, is a welcome sign that the field of Nutall studies is expanding.
From Our Current Issue
Weaving Memory through Fashion: The Magical Genesis of Equihua
Growing up in California, I spent so much time gazing at the sky, often losing myself in its vastness.
Unsubmissive Images
Hemetério José dos Santos (1858-1939), a Black grammarian and teacher at Rio de Janeiro's most important schools suffered racist attacks in the press because of the way he dressed.
Transnational Fashion on the Frontier: Migration and Modernities in the Brazilian Amazon
When you think of fashion, you might not think of politics.
Spotlight
Perspectives in Times of Change
Check out these reflections on social, economic, cultural and political transformations in Latin America, the Caribbean and Latinx communities in the United States.
StudEnt Views
Remembering Chilean Folktales
When you were growing up, you probably loved to listen to bedtime stories before bed. If you are from the United States, you may have heard tales of princesses being rescued by princes…
Researching Architecture Without Leaving Home
2020 was the beginning of my master’s degree studies. At the end of 2019 I found out that I was accepted into the at the University of São Paulo master’s in history and
The Literate Universe and the Pandemic
English + Español
When my father tested positive for Covid-19 we became a worried, and lost, family. We didn’t know how he had become infected or what we could do to help him…
Book ReviewS
Routledge Handbook of Latin America and the World
On December 17, 2014, after U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro simultaneously announced the decision to move towards…
The People’s Poet
The day Rafael Cortijo’s remains were put to rest in Puerto Rico in 1982, his admirers came out in full force to honor their tropical music hero one last time…
A Review of Child Migration & Human Rights in a Global Age
The two boys walked up the road to the top of a levee and then sat down in the gravel and weeds. In the near distance overhead, the Anzalduas Bridge spanned…
DRCLAS Podcast: Faculty Voices
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