Past Events

This is a listing of past events for the Carr Center's Latin America Program.

Please note that in prior years this program was called the Latin American Initiative. Text in some past event listings will refer to the program using its former name.

Use the menu at left to view events from prior academic years.

Past Events this Academic Year

Date Title Speaker Venue Time
~ May 2013 ~
Wednesday,
May. 1
Income shocks and political movements in Bolivia

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Pablo Selaya Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
12:00 PM
~ April 2013 ~
Wednesday,
Apr. 24
The Chevron Case in Ecuador: Maria Aguinda's Fight to Bring a Major Corporation to Justice

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Andres Snaider, Chris Jochnick Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
4:00 PM
Wednesday,
Apr. 3
Fighting Cultural Suppression in Guatemala through Preservation of Mayan Language in Community Radio

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Ava Berinstein and Marc Camp Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
4:00 PM
~ March 2013 ~
Tuesday,
Mar. 26
Chaos or Stability: Venezuela paving the way for the After-Chavez

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Leonardo Vivas and Boris Munoz S250 CGIS
1730 Cambridge St., Room 250
12:00 PM
~ November 2012 ~
Monday,
Nov. 26
Contemporary Human Rights Issues in LATAM: How to Defend/Grant Human Rights in the War Against Drugs

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Luis Eduardo Zavala de Alba Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
12:00 PM
~ October 2012 ~
Monday,
Oct. 29
Contemporary Human Rights Issues in LATAM: Implications of the RESULTS of the Venezuelan Elections

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Carlos Blanco Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
10:00 AM
Monday,
Oct. 22
Contemporary Human Rights Issues in LATAM: A New Fault Line in Latin American Power: Curbing the Media

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Boris Munoz Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
12:00 PM
Friday,
Oct. 19
Contemporary Human Rights Issues in LATAM: Human Rights in Colombia: A Tough Transition fromthe Uribe Era

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Jose Miguel Vivanco Bell Hall
Harvard Kennedy School
3:00 PM
Thursday,
Oct. 18
The Student Movement in Chile

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Camila Vallejo, Noam Titelman, Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Timothy Patrick McCarthy Longfellow Hall,
School of Education,
13 Appian Way, Camb.
2:30 PM
Monday,
Oct. 1
Contemporary Human Rights Issues in LATAM: Venezuelan Elections: The Battle for Venezuelan Hearts and Minds

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Carlos Blanco Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
12:00 PM
~ September 2012 ~
Monday,
Sep. 17
Latin America Study Group: 'Contemporary Human Rights Issues in Latin America'

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Leonardo Vivas Carr Center Conference Room
Harvard Kennedy School
12:00 PM
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