Dr. Rafael Ocasio, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott University, joined Steven to discuss his new anthology Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico.
Esta semana en Historias en español tuvimos el grato placer de tener en el programa al historiador argentino Ernesto Semán para dialogar sobre su libro Ambassadors of the Working Class: Argentina’s International Labor Activists and Cold War Democracy in the Americas. Este libro, concentrado en la historia de los agregados Read more
Amelia Frank-Vitale and John Doering-White joined Lily Pearl Balloffet to discuss their research and public engagement on Central American migration. Check out the following writings from Amelia and John: Amelia Frank-Vitale, “The Caravan is Honduras: Hope and Death at the Border” (2019) Amelia Frank-Vitale, “You want to see a real 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
How did Nelson Rockefeller attempt to cultivate positive relationships with Latin America during World War II and what are the legacies of this initiative for inter-American relations? Dr. Monica Rankin speaks with Steven about her forthcoming book on the Office for the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. In addition, she Read more