# News Sort & Filters close ## Filters Article Categories expand\_more - Democracy (3) - DRCLAS 30th Anniversary (6) - DRCLAS Brazil Office (8) - DRCLAS Faculty Grants (1) - DRCLAS Visiting Scholars & Fellows (3) Brazil Office Initiatives expand\_more - Early Childhood Development (4) - Teachers & Teaching (5) Location expand\_more - Cambridge (962) - Brazil (77) - Chile (193) - Mexico (55) - Virtual (404) Programs & Initiatives expand\_more - Andes & Southern Cone (531) - expand\_moreexpand\_lessArt, Film, & Culture (222) - Three Variations of a Diasporic Landscape (1) - DRCLAS 30 Years (1) - Film Series (25) - Arquitectura del vaivén (3) - Both Sides Now (2) - Guiñadas Gráciles (1) - Opium (1) - Arts & Humanities Workshop (31) - Brazil Studies (383) - Central America & the Caribbean (129) - Climate Change (29) - Cuba Studies (167) - LatinX (26) - Mexico (275) - Paths Toward Recovery (42) - Student-Led Event (65) - Tuesday Seminar Series (196) Regional Office Initiatives expand\_more - AprendoEnCasa (8) - Chile Discoveries Series (5) - Conservation Innovation (1) - CU Alliance for Women in Academia (22) - ecosiSTEAM (15) - Global Leaders Program (4) - Mental Health Coalition (6) - New Constitution (6) - Preventing School Violence (1) - Recupera Chile (4) Publish Date expand\_more 2017 (41) 2018 (40) 2019 (26) 2020 (25) 2021 (9) 2022 (4) 2023 (6) 2024 (5) 2025 (24) 2026 (9) Search Within Results Search Within Results search ## 505 results Show filters filter\_alt Sort by NewestOldestAlphabetical A-ZAlphabetical Z-APublish Date (DESC)Publish Date (ASC) sort list grid\_view ## 505 results [### Ruben Oliven Appointed DRCLAS Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor for 2026–2027 ](/news/2026/06/ruben-oliven-appointed-drclas-robert-f-kennedy-visiting-professor-2026-2027) June 17, 2026 The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) is pleased to announce that distinguished Brazilian anthropologist Ruben Oliven will join Harvard University as the DRCLAS Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor during the 2026–2027 academic... ![Ruben Oliver, 26-27 DRCLAS RFK Professor ](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/Screenshot%202026-06-17%20at%201.58.34%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=sMu02vx0) [### Profesor de Harvard dice que la democracia global "está en peligro", pero ha demostrado resiliencia" ](/news/2026/06/profesor-de-harvard-dice-que-la-democracia-global-esta-en-peligro-pero-ha-demostrado) June 05, 2026 La democracia enfrenta hoy un entorno internacional menos favorable que hace tres décadas, pero ha mostrado una capacidad de resistencia mayor a la que muchos analistas reconocen, afirmó este martes el politólogo de la Universidad de Harvard Steven... ![Event ](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/whatsapp-image-2026-06-02-at-82246-pm-d9d75154.jpeg?itok=6spGbce7) [### Pucmm Steven Levitsky cita poder redes sociales ](/news/2026/06/pucmm-steven-levitsky-cita-poder-redes-sociales) June 05, 2026 La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (Pucmm) inició ayer la Cátedra de Economía Manuel José Cabral Tavares, con una conferencia del politólogo estadounidense Steven Levitsky, quien planteó el poder que ejercen las redes sociales en la... ![Event ](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/6a1fa1d0de5a8.jpeg?itok=-eXaYxVr) [### ¿Por qué las democracias sobreviven? La explicación económica de Steven Levitsky ](/news/2026/06/por-que-las-democracias-sobreviven-la-explicacion-economica-de-steven-levitsky) June 05, 2026 El economista y politólogo Steven Levitsky sostuvo que el desarrollo económico continúa siendo uno de los factores más determinantes para la estabilidad democrática, al crear ciudadanos más autónomos, fortalecer el sector privado y reducir la dependencia... ![Event ](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/WhatsApp-Image-2026-06-02-at-6.51.16-PM-1-728x485.jpg?itok=KQfN4usa) [### Two Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (UAI) Scholars to Join DRCLAS for Fall 2026 Research Stays ](/news/2026/05/two-universidad-adolfo-ibanez-uai-scholars-join-drclas-fall-2026-research-stays) May 26, 2026 DRCLAS is pleased to welcome two scholars from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez for short-term research stays during the Fall 2026 semester. Laura Fahrenkrog and Sebastián Gallegos, both Associate Professors at UAI, will join DRCLAS through the Harvard–UAI... ![photo banner](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/UAI%20Scholars%20-%20Website%20%2B%20Social%20%284%29.png?itok=ZdMLK06K) [### Ecology, Memory, and Community in Oaxaca ](/news/2026/05/ecology-memory-and-community-oaxaca) May 08, 2026 In the latest entries from her Steve Reifenberg Fellowship Journal, Dariana González Aguilar, Harvard College Class of 2025, reflects on how her time in Oaxaca continues to expand far beyond the boundaries of field research. As she traces amphibian... ![trip](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Screenshot%202026-05-08%20133906.jpg?itok=p-QQxFxL) [### Six Biomes, Multiple Realities, One Country: What Was Learned at the 2026 Lemann Dialogue ](/news/2026/04/six-biomes-multiple-realities-one-country-what-was-learned-2026-lemann-dialogue) April 29, 2026 ![lemann dialogue.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-05/Captura%20de%20tela%202026-05-06%20144147.png?itok=3QM7WQbd) [### Meet the 2026–2027 DRCLAS Visiting Scholars and Fellows ](/news/2026/05/meet-2026-2027-drclas-visiting-scholars-and-fellows) May 01, 2026 Each year, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies brings leading scholars and practitioners from across the Americas to Harvard to pursue independent research, collaborate with faculty and students, and contribute to our intellectual... ![DRCLAS VISITING SCHOLARS & FELLOWS 2026-202DRCLAS VISITING SCHOLARS & FELLOWS 2026-2027](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-06/DRCLAS%20VISITING%20SCHOLARS%20%26%20FELLOWS%202026-2027.png?itok=ED7-ZS0d) [### If Brazil’s Biomes Could Vote, What Would They Ask of the Next President? ](/news/2026/04/if-brazils-biomes-could-vote-what-would-they-ask-next-president) April 24, 2026 At Harvard, during the 2026 Lemann Dialogue: Six Biomes, Multiple Realities, One Country , a different kind of political message began to take shape—not from candidates or parties, but from experts working across Brazil’s ecosystems. If Brazil’s six... ![2026 Lemann Dialogue](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/0C2A2236%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=dIrdpisa) [### Mexico’s Democracy at Risk: Judicial and Electoral Institutions under Pressure ](/news/2026/04/mexicos-democracy-risk-judicial-and-electoral-institutions-under-pressure) April 17, 2026 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... ![Event ](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/20.jpg?itok=EglsVgKa) [### If the War on Drugs Isn’t Failing—What Is It Actually Doing? ](/news/2026/04/if-war-drugs-isnt-failing-what-it-actually-doing) April 17, 2026 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... ![Photo Event](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/DSC02831.jpg?itok=FcwjKRL6) [### Gabriela Soto Laveaga Reframes the Green Revolution and Joins the Mexican Academy of History ](/news/2026/04/gabriela-soto-laveaga-reframes-green-revolution-and-joins-mexican-academy-history) April 08, 2026 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... ![Photo Event](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-04/WhatsApp%20Image%202026-04-10%20at%208.04.18%20AM%20%282%29.jpeg?h=8c4f701e&itok=najhlOBD) - Previous page chevron\_left - [1](?page=0 "Current page") - [2](?page=1 "Go to page 2") - [3](?page=2 "Go to page 3") - [ Last page 43 ](?page=42 "Go to last page") - [ Next page chevron\_right ](?page=1 "Go to next page")