Exhibit runs November 6-17 (Harvard ID required to access). For more information, contact Alica Meza.

11am | "U.S.-Cuban Relations: A View from Havana", a lecture by Carlos Alzugaray Treto

2pm | "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S.-Cuban Relations", a roundtable discussion with Jorge I. Dominguez, Louis A. Perez, Jr., and Lars Schoultz

For more information: Elizabeth Amrien, edamrien@bu.edu

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Human Rights in the Southern Cone: Two cases in Chile and Argentina*

Ciro Colombara and Juan Pablo Vigliero will talk about two cases: the first about victims of Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, and the second, about Prosecutor Nisman in Argentina (RIP). In the Chilean case, the Inter-American...

Speaker: Juan Carlos Pinzón, Ambassador of Colombia to the United States

Moderated by Kimberly Theidon, Henry J. Leir Professor in International Humanitarian Studies

Over the past 15 years, Colombia has transformed remarkably. Through a series of reforms, progressive policies and sustained efforts, Colombia has vastly improved economic, political and social conditions, creating a stronger nation and advancing the country as a key player in the region and in the world stage. Today's Colombia is on the rise. The country continues to tuen the...

Dr. Rommel N. Carvahlo is the Manager and IT expert of the Observatory of Public Spending at the Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), where he has been since 2005. He leads a team of 20 data scientists responsible...

Speaker: Sergio Aguayo, Mexican scholar and political analyst. Professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México; Visiting Professor at the Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.

Organized crime has accumulated an enormous capacity for inflicting violence. For nearly a century, mafias,...

Speaker: Willibald Sonnleitner, Political and Electoral Sociologist, El Colegio de México; Visiting Scholar,University of Chicago; Former Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS

This event is presented by the Harvard University Mexican Association of Students (HUMAS) and the...

Film Screening of Reportero

“A veteran reporter and his colleagues at an embattled weekly challenge the drug cartels and corrupt local officials during an unprecedented wave of violence against journalists in Mexico.”—Internet Movie Database

Presented by Jacinto Rodríguez, a DRCLAS Visiting Fellow and journalist who reveals abuses of power in Mexico.

The Journalism Film Series is sponsored by the Harvard Extension School's ...

Speaker: Justice Alfredo Gutiérrez Ortiz Mena, Mexican Supreme Court

Moderator: Merilee Grindle, Former Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development and Former Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies

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"The Challenges of Justice in Guatemala"*

Speaker: Judge Claudia Escobar Mejía, Visiting Scholar at Risk, Harvard University
Moderator: Kirsten Weld, Assistant Professor of History, Harvard University

*Presentation in SPANISH without translation 

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Presentation by Marta Rosa Muñoz Campos, Universidad de la Habana, FLACSO and DRCLAS Visiting Scholar

Moderated by Jorge I. Domínguez, Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico and chair of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.

*Presentation in SPANISH.

La presentación aborda  los principales retos y desafíos de la política ambiental cubana, como parte de la política social a la luz de las nuevas transformaciones que tienen lugar en el contexto cubano actual.

Speakers:
Diana Kapiszewski, Associate Professor, Government, Georgetown University
Dr. Sally Roever, Urban Policies Programme Director, Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

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