Mexico

Water scarcity is becoming a defining challenge along the U.S.–Mexico border. But the problem is not simply how much water remains available. It is also how water is governed, who can access it, and how decades of environmental change and economic...

As droughts and flooding increasingly shape our climate-changed world, understanding water challenges requires looking beyond a single region or a one-size-fits-all solution. The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard...

Over the past three decades, Mexico’s urban population has grown dramatically. But that growth has not been distributed evenly across cities. Research presented at Tecnológico de Monterrey, a leading university in Mexico, reveals a striking national...

During the 2026 Summer Internship Program, students in Mexico and Brazil were invited to explore that question through the SIP Photo Competition. More than simply documenting their travels, participants were asked to pair each photograph with a reflection...

A child who speaks an Indigenous language, a student who grew up between Mexico and the United States, a young person who arrives at a new school after moving with their family. Their experiences are different, but they may all face the same question when...

In returning to the land that cared for me in my youth, I’ve learned that change is the only constant. The land, along with my community, evolves- she changes, transforms, and metamorphosizes. Life is not stagnant, but imbued with dynamic movement. We...

Every DNA sample tells a story. That was one of the first lessons I learned during my summer at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez in Mexico City. I arrived expecting to master laboratory techniques, but I left with a much deeper...

At a recent Tuesday Seminar at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), former electoral authority Luis Carlos Ugalde offered a sobering assessment of Mexico’s democratic trajectory, one shaped not by abrupt breakdown, but by...

For decades, the “war on drugs” has been widely described as a failure. Violence persists, trafficking adapts, and the human toll continues to mount across Latin America. But what if failure is the wrong way to understand it? At a recent gathering at...

Gabriela Soto Laveaga, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico at Harvard University, and Co-Chair of the Mexico Studies Program at DRCLAS was formally received as a corresponding member in the United...