Bloomberg Center for Cities, Taubman Third Floor, Harvard Kennedy School
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Is effective management of city government enough to get (re)elected? Rawi Abdelal, the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at Harvard Business School, interviews former Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta of Buenos Aires,...
Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) stand at the forefront of urbanization, with 81% of its population residing in urban areas, projected to rise to nearly 88% by 2050 (UN-Habitat, 2022). While urbanization brings forth opportunities and despite huge national and subnational investments in infrastructure to accomodate it, local governments have failed to organize the availability of land, housing, jobs, transportation, social and essential services in a sufficient, sustainable and equitable manner: approximately 110 million individuals in LAC live in informal settlements,...
A conversation between Renata Turrent and Idelfonso Guajardo.
Speakers Renata Turrent, MPP, economist, coordinator in liaison in Dr. Claudia Sheinbaum's presidential campaign. Idelfonso Guajardo, former Secretary of Economy of Mexico and international liaison in Xóchitl Gálvez's presidential campaign.
Moderated by Victoria Murillo, Institute of Latin...
An informal critical inquiry into Octavio Paz’s work from the perspective of three different areas of study: religion, ecological studies, and human rights. Refreshments will be provided.
Speakers: Alfredo Garcia Garza, PhD Candidate in the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University. AndreaGarza, PhD Candidate in Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard University. Carlos A. González, PhD candidate and scholar in the Romance Languages and Literatures Department at Harvard University....
The yearlong Sawyer Seminar seeks to understand contemporary contestation over citizenship and belonging by Afrodescendants in Latin America, situating these struggles within long-term, historical patterns of nation building, racial stratification, and political mobilization. It will explore the struggles and experiences of citizenship of this vastly heterogeneous group, which have been starkly uneven across time and across (and within) countries. The Seminar will also ask what these differences can teach us, including how these Afro-Latin American perspectives can help inform our...
How can research contribute to the reduction of state violence and to the promotion of human rights and justice? This full day workshop will feature presentations from academic and community researchers about innovative participatory research projects on state violence in Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico. Panels and discussions will identify the distinctive challenges that state violence poses for the...
The profession of journalism is surrounded by multiple threats in Latin America: those from criminal organizations that operate freely; political threats, regardless of ideology; and those from power structures that try to subdue or limit a profession which, despite everything, resists being submissive.
Speaker: Javier Lafuente, Journalist, Nieman Fellow of the Nieman Foundation for...
The journey towards justice and reparations in the wake of the tailings dam failures in Brumadinho and Mariana has been arduous and protracted, marked by legal battles, environmental concerns, and demands for accountability. The legal process has been complex and international, with lawsuits filed against the companies for negligence, environmental violations, and human rights abuses in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Efforts to secure reparations for victims, including compensation for loss of life, livelihoods, and environmental remediation, have been met with challenges,...