Anthropologist Claudio Lomnitz on Forced Disappearance and Security Militarization in Mexico
Claudio Lomnitz discusses in this episode the plight of the more than 70,000 disappeared or missing people in Mexico and their search by family members. This search does not confront a strategic plan ...
19 Okt 202034min
Filmmaker Frances Negrón-Muntaner on Puerto Rico and Latin America
In this episode, Frances will draw connections between Puerto Rico and Latin America based on a common history of hierarchies and coloniality and will discuss how the Puerto Rican society both in the ...
9 Sep 202034min
Economist Jose Antonio Ocampo on COVID19 and Latin America
Jose Antonio Ocampo discussed the economic consequences of COVID19 in Latin America, the new epicenter of the pandemic. He described the dramatic effect of quarantine on employment and production, whi...
3 Sep 202029min
Epidemiologist Silvia S. Martins on Spread of COVID-19 in Latin America
Dr. Silvia S. Martins talks about the different patterns of COVID19 spread across the countries of Latin America and the importance of timely responses in shaping its pace while emphasizing the challe...
3 Sep 202028min
Political Scientist Eduardo Moncada Discusses Urban Violence and Extorsion in Latin America
Eduardo Moncada is the son of two parents that escape from violence in Latin America and immigrated to the US. That trajectory has marked his work including the study of violence with the risk and dif...
3 Sep 202033min
Economist Miguel Urquiola on the Role of Competition on Educational Outcomes
Miguel Urquiola talks about the role of competition on educational outcomes in a region where education coverage is larger than expected for the income level of Latin American countries, but where per...
3 Sep 202029min
Historian Nara Milanich on Paternity, Family, and Inequality in Latin America
Nara Milanich talks about the shift from cultural to biological definitions of paternity thanks to DNA testing and how such testing could either be used to recover kids stolen by military dictatorship...
3 Sep 202031min
Journalist Daniel Alarcon on Radio Journalism
Daniel Alarcon talks about how growing in a Peruvian household in Birmingham (Alabama) shaped his work in radio journalism and his written pieces in both Spanish and English. We talk about doing radi...
3 Sep 202032min
