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DRCLAS In-House Open House

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For a recording of this event, please click here. Join us virtually as we welcome the 2021-2022 academic year! Faculty Director Steven Levitsky will be joined by Professors Marcia Castro, Fernando Reimers, and Gabriela Soto Laveaga to discuss Paths Toward...

Beyond Reconstruction: Environmental, social, and infrastructural challenges for long-term recovery after major earthquakes in Mexico and Chile

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Click here to register Click here for information on DAY 1 9:00-10:00 am - The role of Universities in Disaster Recovery Lorena Bello, MIT Ivan Cartes, Universidad de Bío-Bío Diane Davis, GSD Judith Palfrey, HMS Dough Ahlers, HKS Moderator: Pablo Allard...

Mexico’s Democracy at Risk: Judicial and Electoral Institutions under Pressure 

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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...

A Economia da Pandemia no Brasil

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This event is virtual. To register for this event, please click here. Speaker: Laura Carvalho, Economista, professora da FEA/USP e autora de "Valsa Brasileira: do boom ao caos econômico" *This event will be in Portuguese and is organized by the HKS Brazil...

Thematic Initiatives

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DRCLAS is dedicated to raising awareness about global themes currently relevant to issues in Latin America through various center-wide Thematic Initiatives.

Disruptions of Dignity: COVID-19 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Latin America

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This event is virtual, to register click here. Introduction: Alicia Ely Yamin, Senior Fellow in Global Health and Rights, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School; Senior Advisor on Human Rights...

Qual o futuro das favelas?

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11am EDT/12pm BRT This event is virtual and will be in Portuguese. To register, please click here. Speakers: Eliana Silva, Diretora, Redes de Desenvolvimento da Maré; Gilson Rodrigues, Presidente, União dos Moradores e do Comércio de Paraisópolis; Preto...

AprendoEnCasa - Session 1: Empowering the Instructional Core to Transform Learning

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This event is virtual, to register click here. Speaker: Katherine Merseth, Professor and expert in critical learning, Harvard University AprendoEnCasa.org invites you to a new series of workshops led by Harvard Professor Katherine Merseth in collaboration...

AprendoEnCasa - Session 2: Essential Strategies to Innovate in Language and Mathematics

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This event is virtual, to register click here. Speaker: Katherine Merseth, Professor and expert in critical learning, Harvard University AprendoEnCasa.org invites you to a new series of workshops led by Harvard Professor Katherine Merseth in collaboration...

AprendoEnCasa - Session 3: Driving Motivation and Interest for Everyone to Learn

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This event is virtual, to register click here. Speaker: Katherine Merseth, Professor and expert in critical learning, Harvard University AprendoEnCasa.org invites you to a new series of workshops led by Harvard Professor Katherine Merseth in collaboration...

Prospects for Post-COVID Economic Recovery in Latin America

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For a recording of this event, please click here. The economic toll of the Covid crisis on Latin America has been catastrophic. According to The Economist, whereas global GDP contracted by 3% last year, that of Latin America and the Caribbean fell on...

Dialogue with Prof. Marcia Castro, José Gomes Temporão, and Adriano Massuda

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This event is virtual. To register, please click here. Speakers: Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair, Department of Global Health and Population; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; José Gomes Temporão, Ex-Ministro da Saúde, 2007...