Roger Thayer Stone Center For Latin American Studies // Recent Updates

Rebel on PBS

Rebel is the story of Loreta Velazquez, a Confederate soldier turned Union spy. She was dismissed as a hoax for a hundred and fifty years, but new evidence shows Loreta, a Cuban immigrant from New Orleans, was one of an estimated 1000 secret women soldiers of the American Civil War.… read more.

Feoli and MacKinnon's book on representation and effectiveness in Latin America published

The Stone Center for Latin American Studies and the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research are proud to announce the publication of Dr. Ludovico Feoli and Dr. Moira MacKinnons new book: Representation and Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies: Congress, Judiciary and Civil Society. Dr. Ludovico Feoli is the Director of… read more.

Rethinking State-Society Relations in Contemporary Latin America

The emergence, crisis, and collapse of neoliberalism gave way to new types of political regimes that set themselves the task of redefining state-society relationships to promote more socially inclusive polities. The accomplishments and shortcomings of those processes need yet to be evaluated, particularly from an encompassing, historically-informed perspective that is… read more.

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Futebol: Brazil's National Sport

May 2013 Brazil recently scored the opportunity to host the 2014 World Cup! The country has been hard at work building stadiums and beautifying its host cities to put its best face forward. Having recently hosted the 47th National Super Bowl, New Orleans is very familiar with the pressure Brazil… read more.

Exploring Tropicalia

May 2013 Fuzzed out, distorted guitar. The Beatles. Social unrest. Samba drums? During the late 1960s, a Brazilian rock movement emerged and asked: just what is the Brazilian identity? A close-knit group of musicians combined traditional Afro-Brazilian sounds with the new rock-and-roll influence and created the Tropiclia movement. Facing opposition… read more.

Regionalismo of Brazil

May 2013 When you hear the word Brazil, what comes to mind? Tropical beaches? Carnaval? Probably sexy sun-tanned women and chiseled soccer stars and maybe the Amazon rainforest. Truth is, though, that theres more to Brazil than a tropical paradise really, geographically more. Have you ever heard Brazil and thought… read more.

Radio in Brazil

May 2013 Photo courtesy of Hannah Malaschock. With 49.5 million listeners in Brazil today, radio is an institution as Brazilian as samba itself. Brazil was the birthing ground of the short wave transmitter and has the oldest history of radio in Latin America. But it hasnt remained static – radio… read more.

Roots of Racism in Brazilian Education

May 2013. Photo courtesy of Alex Castro. For many young adults, the long process of applying to universities is all too familiar. While students in the US stress about SAT scores and writing stellar essays, college hopefuls in Brazil focus on just one exam, the vestibular. Though upper-class private schools… read more.

Graduate and Undergraduate Latin American Photo Contest 2013

LAGO / TULASO-Sponsored Graduate and Undergraduate Latin American Photo Contest 2013 This summer, members of the Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO) and the Tulane Undergraduate Latin American Organization (TULASO) will sponsor a Latin American photo contest open to all Tulane students or to any students who have participated on a… read more.