Latin American Research Review (LARR)

Marriage as a discipline: figurations of women/ first ladies in Argentina
In the first Civil Codes of Latin America, married women did not have full capacity. For example, they had to have marital...
The Challenges of Revisiting Argentine Neoliberalism’s Policies

Researching and writing about Argentina’s international financial relations during the early years of the last military...

Missions, Unions, and Indigenous Organization in the Bolivian Amazon: Placing the Formation of an Indigenous Organization in Its Context

The very first time I visited the Mosetén Ancestral Lands, in 2006, I was working for an NGO and traveling in the company of a...

Protests, Campaigns, Participatory Venues: Activist strategies in Latin America

Activists across Latin America now have a multitude of venues where they can press their demands on government officials and...

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The Multi-Faceted Oppression of Nicaraguan Nurses as a Window on the Development of a Dictatorship
Saturday, January 5, 2019 - 13:45 0
LARR’s invitation to provide a short essay connecting my study with contemporary events is an opportunity to signal clues in the narratives of the nurses regarding the human rights catastrophe...
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Remittances and Vote Buying
Saturday, December 22, 2018 - 21:45 0
The money that emigrants send back to their home countries constitutes one of the most important sources of foreign revenue for Latin America. Remittances help families to smooth risks and...
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Configuración Hidroterritorial y Confrontación: El Megaproyecto Hídrico Multipropósito Daule-Peripa en la Costa Ecuatoriana
Monday, November 19, 2018 - 08:30 0
En América Latina hay un nuevo ímpetu para el desarrollo de megaproyectos hídricos, cuya construcción está en auge, pero que también genera controversias por cuanto aportan beneficios a...
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Translating Diplomacy: President Juan Bosch, Ambassador John Bartlow Martin, and “The Indelible Spot”
Thursday, November 8, 2018 - 22:15 0

My original intention when I first had the opportunity to review Ambassador John Bartlow Martin’s papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, was to learn more about Martin’s brief time...

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Race, Class and Bubonic Plague: San Juan 1912
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 - 10:45 0
On June 17th, 1912 health authorities in San Juan, Puerto Rico announced two suspicious deaths. That of Pedro Colón, 18 years old, who lived in a tenement in the section of the city known as...
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