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Join the weekly Spanish language meet-up! Participants will have the opportunity to engage in Spanish conversation with other individuals.
TUdo bem!
Join the Spanish and Portuguese Department for a weekly Portuguese language
meet-up! All language levels are welcome, and participants will have the opportunity to engage in informal conversation. New homemade desserts will also be provided every week. If you have any questions, please reach out to portuguese@tulane.edu
Upcoming meetings:
Friday, January 16: 2 pm
Friday, January 23: 11 am
Friday, January 30: 4 pm
A landscape of water and ritual: Explorations at the ancient Maya site of Holtun, Guatemala
¿Democracia en disputa? Elecciones en Costa Rica 2026
El próximo 1 de febrero, Costa Rica elegirá presidencia y diputaciones para el período 2026–2030. Con 20 partidos políticos inscritos, la candidata oficialista encabeza las encuestas, en una campaña marcada por un rol activo del Ejecutivo. Un grupo diverso de candidatos de oposición se disputa el voto indeciso, denunciando las características e intenciones autoritarias del grupo en el poder. Acompáñenos a un intercambio para analizar el escenario electoral en la primera cita del calendario electoral de América Latina para el 2026.
Informal settlements: public space, infrastructure, and water
Speaker: Iñaki Alday, Dean & Koch Chair in Architecture, Tulane University School of Architecture and Built Environment.
Marilyn Miller, "(Re)Gaining Consciousness of The Holocaust in Latin America”
In this talk, Prof. Marilyn Miller will explore how the Holocaust resonates in Latin American experience and consciousness past and present. Resuscitating examples from a range of fields including history, literature, memoir, and visual art dating from 1939 forward, her talk will show that far from being distant in time or space from Latin America, the Holocaust was and remains vitally present in diverse forms of representation and remembering in the region.
The Causes and Consequences of US Intervention in Venezuela
The US military operation that removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from Caracas to stand trial in New York City on January 3rd 2026 has generated heated analysis around the world. To what extent is the Trump administration's action a continuation of a long-standing pattern of US intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to what extent does it represent a new "Trump Corollary" of the Monroe Doctrine?
