Marina Menegazzo and María José Coni were visiting Ecuador when they were found killed. The government, the police and the media criticised them for travelling alone I travel alone. I’ve been travelling alone since I was 16. Most of the time I would be with my friends. I am a girl and I travel alone, […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on his new book, The China Triangle, and how the development of the China-Latin America trade has affected the centuries-old U.S.-Latin American relationship. See the interview and read more here!
The Fredrick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University was well-represented at the Latin America Studies Association (LASA) International Congress held from May 27 through May 30 2016 in New York City. Six faculty members from the Latin American Studies Program (LASP), an affiliated program of the Pardee School, were in attendance for the Congress including Director […]
Amb. Paul Webster Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and former British ambassador to Cuba, discussed how the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and institutional crises in Venezuela could affect Cuba. Hare was quoted in a widely-syndicated May 20, 2016 article in Agence France-Presse entitled “Faced With the Danger of […]
Amb. Paul Webster Hare, Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and former British ambassador to Cuba, was recently interviewed on the outcome of the Cuban Communist Congress. Hare was quoted in a widely-syndicated article in Agence France-Presse entitled “Cuba: Fidel and Raul Castro in Unison Against the Capitalist Threat.” Read more […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed about the state of China’s economic partnership with Venezuela. Gallagher was quoted in a widely-syndicated May 14, 2016 article by the Associated Press entitled “Chinese Bullet Train in Venezuela Stalls as Alliance Derails.” Read more here!
Monday, May 9, 7:30 PM New England premiere of NEON BULL Directed by Gabriel Mascaro Brazil, Uruguay, The Netherlands | 2015 | 101 min. | Portuguese with English subtitles Iremar works the vaquejadas, a traditional sport similar to rodeo from the rural northeast of Brazil and Brazil’s second highest grossing sport after soccer. He and […]
Jessica Depies, a junior and double major in International Relations and Economics at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, has been awarded the 2016 Truman Scholarship, which recognizes young leaders who are committed to a career in public service. Depies, who speaks Spanish and Portuguese and is interested in Latin American development issues, was one of 775 […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, discussed the inventiveness of the New Development Bank (NDB) with renewable energy projects in a recent interview. Gallagher was quoted in an April 22, 2016 article on Diálogo Chino entitled “First BRICS Bank Loans Spark Debate Over Environmental Protection.” Read more […]