Central America & the Caribbean

Human rights institutions are facing unprecedented pressures ranging from threats of non-compliance, denunciation, and backlash that has gone as far as the imposition of sanctions against the ICC. In Latin America, the threat may come from the dramatic...

BIRTH WARS is a 12-year project consisting of an award-winning documentary and newly released book that depicts the power struggle and cultural divide between traditional/professional midwives and the medical establishment in Mexico. Filmmaker Janet...

This one-day conference will convene judges, litigators, and scholars from Africa, Europe, and Latin America for a comparative examination of the evolving relationship between climate change, the right to health, and judicial enforcement. Please join us...

La Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) presentará la conferencia magistral “El Estado de la Democracia en el Mundo y las Implicaciones para la Economía Global”, a cargo del reconocido politólogo de Harvard University Steven Levitsky...

Latin America is an extremely diverse region, but there are some commonalities across countries in terms of socio-economic and other inequalities that deeply impact social determinants of health. Most countries have fragmented health systems that further...

You're invited to join Abby Córdova, Associate Professor of Global Affairs in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, for a Global Challenges to Democracy Seminar. This event is part of Ash Center for Democratic Governance and...

This event will provide a forum for a dynamic and intersectional conversation that transcends borders—geographic and imaginary—between the U.S., Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Through writing and literature, we will explore the ample and ever...

In 1494 the two kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, Spain and Portugal, signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the New World between them with the eventual blessing of Pope Julius Il's bull Ea quae pro bono pacis. These events paved the way for...

Directed by Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias. With Vincente Santos, Judith Rodríguez, Yuberbi de La Rosa. Dominican Republic, 2017, DCP, color and b&w, 106 min. Spanish with English subtitles. DCP source: Grasshopper Director in Person $15 Special Event...

Directed by Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias. With Jhon Narváez, Fareed Matjila, Nicolás Marin Caly. Dominican Republic/France/Namibia/Germany, 2024, DCP, color and b&w, 122 min. Director in Person Free Admission De Los Santos Arias’ highly ambitious...