Bonds of Suffering, Bonds of Hope:The Story of a Priest Committed to the Poor In this week’s selection, Elba Noemí Gómez Gómez and Bradley Wright explore the theme of suffering in relation to the capacity for agency by examining the experiences of a parish priest who played a key role Read more…
In this week’s TLA article of the week, political scientist Mark Setzler analyzes survey data from 17 Latin American countries to investigate the extent to which citizens’ preferences for leaders of a specific gender vary in response to economic hardship, corruption, and crime. Adversity, Gender Stereotyping, and Appraisals of Female Read more…
The United States in El Oro:The OCIAA and the Diplomacy of Emergency Rehabilitation during WWII In this week’s featured article, Monica Rankin examines the efforts of the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs’ (OCIAA) to rebuild Ecuador’s El Oro province, an already underdeveloped zone further debilitated by Peruvian Read more…
Soldiers, Militias, and Tamboreros Cabildantes in Bocachica and Cartagena de Indias, 1741–1973 In this week’s featured article, Viviana Quintero Márquez excavates and contrasts the interviews made in Bocachica –a fortified town located ten kilometers from Cartagena de Indias—during the 1970s with colonial sources, and identifies how Bocachica’s inhabitants participated in defending Spain Read more…
With or Without Them: Contemporary Student Movements and Parties in the Southern Cone In this week’s featured article, Dr. Indira Palacios-Valladares (2016) examines shifts in social movement ties to political parties. It does so by focusing on three important contemporary Latin American movements: the student movements of Argentina, Chile, and Read more…
In this article published immediately after the 2016 election, Stephany Slaughter looks at the various spaces of political activisms and engagements for the Latinx communities. Check it out and happy reading. #TrumpEffects: Creating Rhetorical Spaces for Latinx Political Engagement
Jian Gao explores Chinese perspectives during a heightened moment of anti-Chinese sentiment in revolutionary Mexico. Find it here!