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Why Venezuela?

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The last time the US invaded a Latin American country was in 1989, in Panama; will Venezuela be next?

The Politics of Sports

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There’s a shadow over World Cup Soccer this year, and it’s become impossible to separate the sports from the politics. Host country Qatar gained notoriety for bribes, exploitation of workers, and antigay laws. In this episode, a group of athletes and...

Negotiating with Terrorists (Part 2)

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Pulling out of Afghanistan was the top foreign policy event of 2021. Perhaps overlooked in the collective relief to be done with this twenty-year war is the fact that the US had to negotiate with terrorists to get there. In fact, it ceded an entire...

Negotiating with Terrorists (Part 1)

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Pulling out of Afghanistan was the top foreign policy event of 2021. Perhaps overlooked in the collective relief to be done with this twenty-year war is the fact that the US had to negotiate with terrorists to get there. In fact, it ceded an entire...

Tracking Insecurity across Time and Space

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Annette Idler sees conflict as a dynamic and shifting phenomenon. From her extensive field work, she has given local officials and civilians tools to prepare for violence before it arrives in their villages. By Michelle Nicholasen This is the second of a...

The Empty Streets of Brazil

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A photo journey by Weatherhead Center Fellow Henrique Pacini and Lidia Muradás takes viewers on a tour of a city in waiting as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds through the streets of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Armed Groups Are Watching You: Life in the Borderlands

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Over a period of ten years, Annette Idler conducted fieldwork along the volatile borderlands of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador to better understand how life proceeds in a gray zone, where the government has abandoned you, and where the rule of law does...

When Should Children Be Allowed to Work?

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A comparative study in human rights compliance in Bolivia and Argentina by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Lorenza Fontana and Jean Grugel. by Lorenza Fontana and Jean Grugel When we think about child labor, what often comes to mind are images of dirty...

New Initiative on Afro-Latin American Studies Awarded

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Lauren McLaughlin, Communications Coordinator, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs recently awarded $250,000 to fund a new Weatherhead Initiative in Afro-Latin American Studies. The Center funds...