News and Politics

A reworking of the Cuban Constitution

In the past several months, Cuban citizens have been gathering in government-organized public forums around the country to discuss a reworking of the Cuban...

The Role of Immigration in the Rise of U.S. Private Prisons
January 8, 2019
The future of Mexico with AMLO
January 2, 2019

Art and Culture

Are narcocorridos the new gangsta rap?

About two decades ago, gangsta rap evolved from being an underground movement...

Could dark tourism bring a light to Latin American issues?
December 20, 2018
Tropicália no Brasil
December 4, 2018

Health and Society

Contemporary Cases of Islamophobia in Brazil and Argentina

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A Harm Reduction Experiment in Brazil
The Prison System: Guatemala's Separate Society
Latin Americans living in the Shadow of Volcanoes

Opinion and Interviews

Nick Cullather’s Secret History and US Interv...

The CIA’s intervention in Guatemala was the first of its kind. Due to the U.S. government’s secrecy on the matter, we are only able to make...

Reconsidering the Legacy of Estrada Palma, Cuba's First President
Desde Pittsburgh: Repudio a la Retórica y al Crimen de Odio/From Pittsburgh: Renunciation to the Rhetoric and to Hate Crimes
El racismo contra las personas indígenas

Economy and Development

Renewable Energy Flowing through Latin America

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Immigration: friend or foe of the Latin American economy?

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The Message of the Petro: Venezuela’s Crypto-currency Effort

Venezuela’s years long economic crisis has not slowed down, as the...

Other

Racism at the 2018 World Cup

On June 14th, soccer players and representatives from thirty-two countries...

Mitchell A. Seligson, LAPOP, and the slipping support for democracy in Latin America

On Friday, January 19, Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) and...

The Rio Huatanay: My Experience with one of the most polluted rivers in Peru

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