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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...

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,...

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. Andrea Garza, 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....

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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,...

The Elgar Companion to the World Trade Organization – launching at this event – provides an extensive guide to understanding the WTO, the current state of affairs on global trade and its geopolitical angles, and its impact on the global economy. Spread among 50 chapters and 70+ authors coming from all the regions of the world, the companion deep dives into an array of trade-related issues focusing in particular on three overarching topics: i) digitalization and technology; ii) facilitating the flow of goods, services and investment; and, iii) geopolitics.

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Join us for an insightful dialogue with Horacio Larreta, the former Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires, as he shares reflections on his tenure in city government and offers perspectives on the political landscape of Argentina and Latin America.

This event will delve into Larreta's role as a presidential candidate and his vision for the future of Argentina. As populism continues to shape political...

Based on the research for his upcoming book, Soldiers and Kings, Jason De León puts the spotlight on the billion-dollar human smuggling industry that resulted from both U.S. and Mexican immigration and border policies. Using his unforgettable photography and powerful prose, he documents the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who due to heightened security measures, make profit from transporting undocumented migrants across Mexico. In this eye-opening talk, he discusses the evolving, complicated relationship between transnational gangs, the human smuggling industry, and the migrants caught...

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The Harvard Law School Brazilian Studies Association is thrilled to invite you to the V Brazil Legal Symposium at Harvard Law School, scheduled for April 13 and 14, with a kickoff event on April 5. Renowned practitioners, policymakers, and scholars will gather at Harvard Law School to discuss...

This event is hybrid, to attend remotely click here. Este evento será híbrido, para atender virtualmente regístrese aquí.

Is Costa Rica different? Without an army since 1949, the small Central American country of six million people has been a democratic bastion in a region of conflict. What it has not spent on defense has been invested in health and...

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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...

Martín Rejtman and Carlos Gutiérrez in Conversation. Recently Restored. $15 Special Event Tickets.

Silvia Prieto. Directed by Martín Rejtman. With Rosario Bléfari, Valeria Bertuccelli, Vicentico. Argentina, 1999, DCP, color, 92 min. Spanish with English subtitles.

Rejtman’s effervescent masterpiece is a glittering screwball-inspired comedy of shifting identities that centers around the ardent efforts of its...

Introduction by Martín Rejtman and Producer Victoria Marotta. Director in Person. $15 Special Event Tickets.

The Practice (La Práctica) Directed by Martín Rejtman. With Catalina Saavedra, Esteban Bigliardi, Mirta Busnelli. US/Argentina/Chile/Portugal, 2023, DCP, color, 93 min. Spanish with English subtitles. DCP source: Visit Films

With an understated spiritual questioning, The Practice...

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One material has come to define Inca architecture —stone. The Inca used this enduring material as part of their built environment, and it played a critical role in helping to validate their rule. For example, the Inca shaped stone in ways that seemed to root the Inca in time and space, and thus convey messages of authority and belonging. Over the centuries, Inca stones have captured the modern imagination, such that...

Musical performance and conversation on Indigenous urban movements with Liberato Kani, Quechua hip-hop artist, and Jorge Luis Astovilca, a master of traditional Andean scissor dancing. Both the performance and conversation will offer an opportunity to learn more about the relevance of Indigenous urban music and dancing in the Andes. Quechua is the most spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas, with almost 10 million speakers in South America, and with significant migrant communities in the U.S., Spain and Italy.

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Criminality in urban areas in Mexico has been a long-term unsolved problem, owing not just to ineffective policies, but to police corruption and criminal complicity but also the failure of public authorities to build the rule of law. Both conditions create a culture of impunity.

Failure to confront and reduce chronic violence has increased the fragility of the (city)-state, reduced the legitimacy of authorities, and eroded the capacity of urban communities to build rule of...