UCSC Names the Research Center for the Americas after Dolores Huerta
UC Santa Cruz has renamed the Research Center for the Americas in honor of social justice icon Dolores Huerta, whose legacy has influenced t...
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Latin America continues to be key to the United States. UCTV presents experts who examine the many facets of American relations with the countries to the south.
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20 of 50 episodesChallenges and Opportunities Within North Central and South America
A thought leader and former professor of politics and international relations at Florida International University, Francisco O. Mora serves...
Latinx Faculty Stories Part 2 - STEM Plática
UC San Diego Latinx STEM faculty sharing their journey, research and relationship to the Latinx community and experience. Robert Castro, Dir...
Latinx Faculty Stories Part 1 - STEM Plática
UC San Diego Latinx STEM faculty sharing their journey, research and relationship to the Latinx community and experience. Robert Castro, Dir...
Expanding North American Cooperation in an Era of Changing Geo-Politics
The Institute of the Americas and the UC San Diego School for Global Policy & Strategy presents a public forum featuring a presentation of t...
Fundación Tú Más Yo: Focused Community Support - Creative Conversations
How do we move from purpose to action? Fundación Tú Más Yo focuses on community development through education and collaboration. Toñe Beguer...
Fundación Tú Más Yo: Community Development and Sustainable Solutions in Baja California - Creative Conversations
Creating change in communities starts with trust. Fundación Tú Más Yo focuses on community development through education and collaboration....
U.S. Sanctioned Countries and the Summit of the Americas
The United States uses economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool for one of two reasons: either the latter is a perceived threat to the se...
Fresh Approaches: Accommodation and Other 21st Century Tools?
Despite the imposing of economic sanctions against the authoritarian regimes of Maduro, Diaz-Canel, Ortega, the grip these leaders continue...
International Support for Authoritarian Leaders in the Americas
The United States and other foreign countries have imposed crippling sanctions against the governments of Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, Venezue...
Design at Large: Transborder Regions and Immigrant Integration
Mexico is the 10th most populous country, 15th largest economy in the world, and is connected with the United States through its geographic...
Fresh Thinking on U.S. Policies Toward Authoritarian States in the Americas
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve...
Becoming a Philosophy Professor with Manuel Vargas
Growing up in Bakersfield, California, Manuel Vargas had parents who instilled the value of education and learning in him at an early age. S...
Current U.S. Policies Amidst Changing Geo-Politics
The international community and the United States, under both Republican and Democratic Administrations, have failed, by almost any measure,...
Ortega Maduro and Díaz-Canel: Why Are They Still in Power?
Autocrat, dictator, and socialist. These are just some of the terms that could be used to describe three of Latin America's most controversi...
Clean Energy Cost-Savings: A Study of Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission
In September, the Lopez Obrador administration sent an initiative to Congress aimed at amending the constitution and completely restructurin...
Ecuador’s Environment and Climate Change Agenda
The Institute of the Americas is pleased to present the US-Ecuador Bilateral Relations Post COVID: Build Back Better Together forum to help...
US-Ecuador Bilateral Relations on Energy
The Institute of the Americas presents the US-Ecuador Bilateral Relations Post COVID: Build Back Better Together forum to help catalyze expa...
US-Ecuador Bilateral Relations Post COVID: Build Back Better Together
The Institute of the Americas is pleased to present the US-Ecuador Bilateral Relations Post COVID: Build Back Better Together forum to help...
Challenges and Opportunities in Central America's Northern Triangle Region
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador (The Northern Triangle) are experiencing a historic Diaspora to the US southern border. The precipitants...