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Student Viewpoints: Informal/Illegal Markets and Democratic Governance in Latin America
On March 21st, Professor John Bailey, Mr. Juan Carlos Garzon-Vergara, and Mr. Alvaro Santos gave a seminar on informal/illegal markets and democratic governance in Latin America.…
March 21, 2017
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Challenges for Central Banking: Perspectives from Latin America
Co-edited by Professor Luis I. Jácome Professor Luis I. Jácome, an Ecuadorean national, is currently Deputy Chief in the Monetary and Macroprudential Policy Division at the…
February 27, 2017
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Professor James Raymond Vreeland comments in The Washington Post
Check out Dr. Vreeland’s latest co-authored piece: Is the White House ready for these ‘nightmare scenarios’ in U.S. foreign policy? This article was published in the…
February 22, 2017
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Student Viewpoint: Americas in Flux Series | Colombia and the Peace Process: What’s Next?
On Thursday, February 16, the Center for Latin American Studies hosted an event on the peace processes in Colombia as part of the Americas in Flux speaker series. Students and…
February 21, 2017
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CLAS Official Statement on Ecuadorian Pre-Election Poll
Georgetown University’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) has become aware of an internet news story claiming to cite evidence from a purported CLAS pre-election…
February 16, 2017
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Student Viewpoint: CLAS Ambassador Series, Uruguayan Ambassador Carlos Gianelli
Dr. Gianelli is an interesting person, to say the least. With his extensive career in law and Uruguay’s foreign service, he has keen insight into the position of Uruguay in the…
February 14, 2017
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Tutino Publishes Volume on Independence, Development in 17th and 18th Century Americas
SFS history professor John Tutino recently published New Countries: Capitalism, Revolutions, and Nations in the Americas, 1750–1870, a volume focusing on independence and…
February 10, 2017
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Student Viewpoint: The Art of Poetry and Politics
On Friday night four well-recognized figures of the world of writing and translation spoke after performing their pieces at the Mortara Center as part of a Georgetown University…
February 10, 2017
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Student Viewpoint: CLAS Ambassador Series Michael A. Hammer
Thursday Ambassador Michael A. Hammer gave a talk that lasted an hour including time for questions and answers, but it felt much shorter as it was filled with engaging and rich…
February 9, 2017
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Professor Monica Arruda de Almeida Recent Publications
Monica Arruda de Almeida is an adjunct professor at the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown University. Her research focus is on illicit economies, with an…
January 30, 2017