Browsing W&L Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program by Title
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Refugee Crisis in the Western Hemisphere: Violence, Movement, and the Response of the United States
The aim of this paper rests on the argument that the nature of the violent conflict in the Northern Triangle of Central America necessitates that those who are fleeing the region should be considered asylum-seekers or ... -
Remembering Women Lost: An Ongoing Fight for Remembrance of Juárez Femicide Victims
Femicide: murder of women specifically on account of their gender; Ciudad Juàrez, Mexico 1993 to 2005 -- more than 370 femicides; Highly likely that these numbers are underestimated due to government indifference and ... -
Repertoire and Collective Social Memory: The Celebration of Uruguayan Culture and History During Carnaval
The Uruguayan Carnaval illustrates the use of repertoire form of memory and collective social memory due to the inclusion of both African and European cultures and the moments of suppression historically. Carnaval originated ... -
Rethinking Baseball in the Dominican Republic
This paper examines how the sport of baseball mediates the relationship between the United States and Dominican Republic. In part based on Walter Mignolo's idea of “decolonial thinking,” which undoes the power structures ... -
Seeking Asylum in the United States: The Process Confronting Those Fleeing From Violence in the Northern Triangle
The purpose of this document is to describe the preliminary portion of the often complex process for seeking defensive asylum in the United States. This document considers “the preliminary portion” of the defensive asylum ... -
Shifting Borders: Language and Identity along the U.S-Mexico Border
Aimed at drawing to light the dynamic relationships between identity, language, and borders, this investigation first delves into a consideration of language as a tool to combat existential doubt in “Existence to Expression”. ... -
The Silencing and the Vocalization of the Transgender Latin American Identity and the Transgender Latinx Identity
Throughout Latin America and the United States, transgender individuals experience a political and social silencing and loss of personhood due to their transgression of the rigid gender binary. In the United States, ... -
Silent Culprits: Immigrant Detention Centers
Many gaps exist within the law that allow it to be interpreted differently for immigrants. Although the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 is the foundational law for immigration, it has not served all equally. The ... -
The Trajectory of an Image: Che Guevara's Legacy in the Context of Cultural Memories (poster)
The proliferation of murals, posters, monuments, museums and tourist sites dedicated to Che speaks to the lasting cultural relevance of Che as a man, and Che as a symbol. The various permutations of Che -- seen in the ... -
Understanding a Modern-Day Migrant Crisis
The Venezuelan migrant crisis is one of the worst the world has ever seen. In order to understand the complex issue, the goal of this project is to provide a historical context of the country from a high-level view, and ...