We are glad to announce that Rodrigo Lopes de Barrios is a recipient of the LASA Award of Merit in Film. The Latin American Studies Association is the largest professional association in the field. The 2016 congress will celebrate the 50 years of LASA and will take place in NY from May 27 to May 30. […]
At first, I thought it was my dog the one making the bed shake, but then it got stronger. We moved to the door, just like we were taught in school. I wanted it to stop, but the light bulb hanging from the ceiling kept moving faster and faster. Having grown-up in the Andes region, […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was quoted in two recent media articles on China’s lending to Venezuela and the China Development Bank’s role as a power players in Latin America. Gallagher was quoted in a pair of articles on Emerging Markets on April 9 and […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, discussed China’s extensive loans to Venezuela in a recent interview. Gallagher was interviewed for an April 14, 2016 in the Financial Times entitled “Venezuela’s crisis: is there a third way?” Read more here!
All University students and staff in BU Study Abroad programs in Ecuador are safe and unharmed by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the coast of that country Saturday evening. Joseph Finkhouse, associate director of health, safety, and security for Global Programs, reports that all 7 students in the Latin American Studies Program in Quito are safe, […]
Professor Rubin wrote an article for Guernica Mag about Brazil and America’s upcoming elections. Here’s a short excerpt of the article: Donald Trump’s rhetoric of torture, border walls, exclusion of Muslims, and denigration of women has produced widespread unease. As Americans across the political spectrum begin to interpret the new language and emotions roiling the […]
Kevin Gallagher, Professor of Global Development Policy at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was quoted in two recent media articles on China’s lending to Venezuela and the China Development Bank’s role as a power players in Latin America. Gallagher was quoted in a pair of articles on Emerging Markets on April 9 and […]
David Scott Palmer, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, discussed Peru’s upcoming presidential elections, and the challenges facing candidate Keiko Fujimori in a recent interview. Prof. Palmer was quoted in a March 9, 2016 article in the Los Angeles Times entitled “For Peruvian Presidential Candidate, the Fujimori […]