Food sovereignty: New challenges
by Michelle Valentin At CUSLAR’S 50th Anniversary celebration at Cornell University on September 25, 2015, several guest speakers focused on the pressing challenges facing the hemisphere in the coming decades. […]
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Quotable: CUSLAR alumni and collaborators share at 50th anniversary celebration
CUSLAR collaborators and alumni shared congratulations, memories and encouragement at the organization’s 50th anniversary celebration on September 25. “CUSLAR affected my husband Jan and me very deeply, and it helped […]
Seek root causes of migrant crisis
by Tim Shenk These days most news about “the migrant crisis” refers to Europe, where around 850,000 Syrian refugees made their way seeking asylum in 2015. While the Syrian case […]
Screening of ‘Battle of Invisibles’ with director Manuel de Alba
by Jordan Cowell Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) On March 1 and 2, Mexican film director Manuel de Alba will visit Ithaca, NY to host screenings and discussions of his […]
CUSLAR’s 50th anniversary in pictures
CUSLAR’s 50th Anniversary celebration weekend was well documented by talented photographers. Enjoy the images here and find a full report of the celebration here. Album I: Friday, September 25, 2015. […]
CUSLAR Celebration Sept 25-26
Friday, September 25 Celebration and panel with CUSLAR members and alumni “Toward a New Internationalism” 5:30 – 7:00 pm Refreshments served at 5:00 pm Barnes Hall Auditorium, Room 301, Cornell […]
Talk sheds light on Ayotzinapa disappearances
In September 2014, 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College in the Mexican state of Guerrero disappeared after an attack by police that left six dead and more than […]
‘People to People’ delegation coordinator Dudley reflects on 1982 Nicaragua exchange
Pueblo a Pueblo, or People to People, was a 1982 trip that hoped to connect everyday Americans with everyday Nicaraguans to dispel myths about both countries, especially […]
From the PPP to Proyecto Mesoamérica: Vampires and zombies of development
Written by, Alicia Swords In Mesoamerica, the Inter-American Development Bank is funding an “Aid-for-Trade” Initiative to enhance the region’s position in the global marketplace. The efforts initiated in 2008, […]
Review: Compañeras, by Hilary Klein
Hilary Klein (2015) Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories. New York: Seven Stories Press. By Alicia Swords Originally published online at NACLA. When poor, indigenous people and peasants took over land and municipal governments […]
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