"In Santiago de Cuba, rival conga bands scour the sparse marketplace for materials to create show-stopping numbers for the annual Carnival competition. O’Reilly’s film follows young, innovative Lazaro, who is determined to beat “the Shark,” his older and more establishment-favored competitor. Tensions build and tempers flare as the government restrictions and scarcity of present-day Cuba come to bear on one of the world’s poorest Carnivals. " – Jaie Laplante.

Diverse mechanisms of participation have expanded in various parts of the world (referendums and initiatives, sorted assemblies, public conferences, participatory budgeting, and neighborhood councils, just to name a few). Why, by whom, and with which consequences? A common assumption connects social movements and political parties on the left with the promotion of citizen participation and with the expan-

Conversatorio con el Professor Julio Ramos: Farmacopea literaria Latinoamericana y el estado de la discusión

The island of Hispaniola, in the middle of the Caribbean basin, is one of only a handful of islands in the world that is shared by two independent nations with distinct official languages. Haiti, in the west, speaks Haitian Creole, and in the Dominican Republic in the East, Spanish is the official language. For more than 60 years, there has been a steady flow of Haitian migration to the Dominican Republic, with some scholars estimating that today there are upwards of 2 million Haitians and their descendants living in the Dominican Republic.

Join us for a visit and roundtable discussion with Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban Rockstar Cimafunk. His latest album, El Alimento, was nominated at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.

Adrian Gorelik is an architect and holds a PhD in History, both from the University of Buenos Aires. He is a researcher at CONICET, Full Professor at Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, and Tinker Visiting Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He was granted a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and the Simon Bolívar Chair at the University of Cambridge in 2011.

Bate papo welcomes Portuguese speakers of all levels for snacks and informal conversations. Megwen Loveless organizes this event.

Dr. Zahawi is an internationally recognized leader in the restoration and conservation of tropical forests. As the Director of one of the largest conservation NGO's in South America, the Charles Darwin Foundation, he is working to conserve the unique splendor of the Galápagos Islands. Dr. Zahawi will speak to some of the challenges, opportunities, and unexpected inroads made in the race to preserve and recover the unique biodiversity and habitats of Central and South America, where he has lived and worked for more than 20 years.

This event is part of the Center for Global Education’s Global Perspectives series.

A CENTRAL AMERICAN POLITICS CONSORTIUM VIRTUAL CONVERSATION

Please join us for the third Central American Politics Colloquium (CAPC) virtual conversation on migration, deportation, and their consequences, which will take place Tomorrow at Noon via Zoom. The event will feature two experts: