Tag: Latin America
SubscribeBerkeley professor to testify in trial of former Guatemalan dictator
April 4, 2013:
Professor Beatriz Manz has been called to testify as an expert eyewitness in the genocide trial of a former Guatemalan military dictator.
Latin America scholars on Chavez’s death, new Pope
March 21, 2013:
What does the death of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, and the election of an Argentinian cardinal as Pope, mean for Latin America? Experts from the Americas offer commentary, in English and Spanish, via the Center for Latin American Studies’ online video series “Critical Insights.”
Architect named Fulbright NEXUS scholar for Western Hemisphere research on sustainable, affordable housing
April 25, 2011:
María-Paz Gutierrez, a University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor of architecture, has been named to the 2011-2012 Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research (NEXUS) Scholar Program as part of a 20-member team working to promote best practices in fighting poverty and inequality in the Western Hemisphere. She will be focusing on building a sustainable, affordable housing prototype for deployment in an emergency, especially flooding.
Former Chilean president to teach CLAS seminar
February 16, 2011:
Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations’ newly-named undersecretary general for women’s rights and the former president of Chile, will teach a special seminar at the University of California, Berkeley, on democratic governance, development and global women’s rights, officials at UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) announced today (Wednesday, Feb. 16).
Cardenas first in Mexican speaker series
January 29, 2010:
The University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies will host a lecture by Mexican politician Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas next Wednesday (Feb. 3) on the promise and legacy of the Mexican Revolution and on Mexico’s present challenges.
