The Latin American Briefing Series show

The Latin American Briefing Series

Summary: The CLAS Latin American Briefing Series brings academic and policy experts to the University of Chicago campus to address important events and issues in contemporary Latin America. The series is supported, in part, by a Department of Education National Resource Center grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/University of Chicago Consortium for Latin American Studies and is co-sponsored by the International House Global Voices Program.

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Podcasts:

 "U.S.-Cuban Academic Relations Part I: The Politics of U.S.-Cuban Exchanges" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:45:01

Wayne Smith, Center for International Policy and Louis Pérez, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. U.S. and Cuban scholars involved in academic, scientific, and cultural research face significant difficulties in maintaining open and thorough dialogue with each other due to restrictions governing travel between the two countries. Such exchanges, however, hold the potential for improved interpretations of our economic, cultural, and historical ties, and ultimately for improved political relations. The aim of this conference was to convene scholars, practitioners, and members of civil society in order to foster a broad, interdisciplinary discussion on the current conditions of U.S.-Cuban academic exchange, the challenges that new governmental restrictions pose to academic research agendas, and the manners by which scholars may engage in projects related to Cuban history, economics, public policy, and culture. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies.

 "Labor Rights: The Case of Ciudad Juarez" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:51:36

A talk by Bertha Lujan, Secretaria del Trabajo, Gobierno "Legitimo" de México (de Andrés Manuel López Obrador), former Controlora, Cd. de México (2000-2006), and lead organizer of Frente Auténtico del Trabajo. From the Human Rights in Mexico Series. Sponsored by the Katz Center for Mexican Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, the Human Rights Program, and the Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies.

 "Militarization of U.S. Foreign Relations with Latin America: Prospects for Change" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:43:17

A panel discussion with: Lisa Haugaard, Executive Director of the Latin America Working Group; Joy Olson, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Latin America; Adam Isacson, Senior Associate at the Center for International Policy. From the Latin American Briefing Series. Co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies and the International House Global Voices Program.

 "Reflections on Argentina" - Session 3 of "Poverty & Growth: Reflections on Latin America" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:22:29

A three-part workshop with Professor Juan Pablo Nicolini, Winter Tinker Visiting Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies

 "Growth, Poverty and Economic Development" - Session 2 of "Poverty & Growth: Reflections on Latin America" (audio) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:22:11

A three-part workshop with Professor Juan Pablo Nicolini, Winter Tinker Visiting Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies

 "Growth: Evidence and Sources" - Session 1 of "Poverty & Growth: Reflections on Latin America" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:27:22

A three-part workshop with Professor Juan Pablo Nicolini, Winter Tinker Visiting Professor, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. Sponsored by the Center for Latin American Studies

 "Nicaraguan Presidential Elections: Prospects for the Region" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:03

A panel discussion with: Alejandro Bendaña, Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Nicaragua; Michel Gobat, Professor, History, Iowa University; and Rose Spalding, Professor, Political Science, DePaul University From the Center for Latin American Studies' Latin American Briefing Series.

 "Right vs. Left & the Newborn Mexican Democracy: Can the the Three Survive?" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:33:49

A lecture by Lorenzo Meyer, El Colegio de Mexico. Sponsored by the Katz Center for Mexican Studies, the Center for Latin American Studies Latin American Briefing Series, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan.

 "Latin American Elections: Turning Left?" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:48:19

A panel discussion with: Larry Birns (Council on Hemispheric Affairs), Fernando Coronil (University of Michigan) and Mabel Moraña (Washington University); from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).

 "Constructing a North American Community" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:16:39

Lecture by Robert Pastor, Director, Center for North American Studies, American University; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).

 "The Weakness of the State in Latin America" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:18:37

Lecture by Fernando Escalante, Tinker Visting Professor in History, University of Chicago and Professor, El Colegio de Mexico; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).

 "NAFTA & Mexico: Ten Years Later" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:19:35

Lecture by Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, founder of Mexico's Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD); from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).

 "Venezuela: A Proposed Social Charter of the Americas" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:48:58

Discussion with Fermín Toro, Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Nations, and Nelson Pineda, Venezuela's Ambassador to the Organization of American States; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).

 "Mexico: Problems of a New Democracy" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:07:26

Lecture by Jesús Silva-Herzog Márquez, Professor of Law at the Instituto Tecnólogico Autónomo de México; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).

 Latin American Business Conference: "Sustained Growth in Latin America: Key Lessons From Chile" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:06:03

Lecture by Pedro Aspe, Protego, former Finance Minister of Mexico; from the Latin American Briefing Series of the Center for Latin American Studies (http://clas.uchicago.edu).

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