Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University
@ilascolumbia.bsky.social
The Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) is a center for research, teaching and discussion on Latin America at Columbia University.
Join us for a special screening of the documentary "Fragmentos de otra historia" (Fragments of Another Story).
The film explores the 1985 Palace of Justice siege in Colombia through rare archives and the powerful testimony of four women.
Register: events.columbia.edu/go/Fragmento...
The film explores the 1985 Palace of Justice siege in Colombia through rare archives and the powerful testimony of four women.
Register: events.columbia.edu/go/Fragmento...
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Join us for a special screening of the documentary "Fragmentos de otra historia" (Fragments of Another Story).
The film explores the 1985 Palace of Justice siege in Colombia through rare archives and the powerful testimony of four women.
Register: events.columbia.edu/go/Fragmento...
The film explores the 1985 Palace of Justice siege in Colombia through rare archives and the powerful testimony of four women.
Register: events.columbia.edu/go/Fragmento...
2025 Brazilian Black Consciousness Abroad Colloquium
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
2025 Brazilian Black Consciousness Abroad Colloquium
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
Between "Where We Stand" and "#Amefricanity"
Keynote Speaker: #Djamila Ribeiro
Debaters: Tassiana Oliveira (SUNY/Albany) and Priscila Santana (TC, Columbia University)
November 12, 6-8pm
📍Milbank Chapel, Teachers College
“If #Milei cannot control inflation and translate his market-oriented agenda into tangible gains for a majority of #Argentines, the electorate that brought him to power may quickly turn elsewhere,” @vickymurillo.bsky.social for @foreignaffairs.com
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Milei’s Tightrope Act
Why the Argentine president will struggle to exploit his new mandate.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“If #Milei cannot control inflation and translate his market-oriented agenda into tangible gains for a majority of #Argentines, the electorate that brought him to power may quickly turn elsewhere,” @vickymurillo.bsky.social for @foreignaffairs.com
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Read it here: www.foreignaffairs.com/argentina/mi...
Professor Cristóbal Otero's paper Managers and Public Hospital Performance has been published in the November issue of the @aeajournals.bsky.social. Read it here:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Managers and Public Hospital Performance
(November 2025) - We study whether the quality of managers can affect public service provision in the context of public health. Using novel data from public hospitals in Chile, we show how the introdu...
www.aeaweb.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Professor Cristóbal Otero's paper Managers and Public Hospital Performance has been published in the November issue of the @aeajournals.bsky.social. Read it here:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Violence and Thriving Economies in #Mexico
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Violence and Thriving Economies in #Mexico
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
Join us for a conference exploring how prosperity and violence intertwine across legal and illegal markets
November 13, 2025
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
📍457 - Schermerhorn Extension
Registration required: thrivingeconomies.eventbrite.com
How Housing Policies Shape Crime: Embedded Criminal Social Orders in #Chile and #Uruguay
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
How Housing Policies Shape Crime: Embedded Criminal Social Orders in #Chile and #Uruguay
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Speaker: Inés Fynn, Universidad Católica del Uruguay Discussion by ILAS Director Eduardo Moncada (@emoncada.bsky.social)
* November 12, 12-1pm
📍IAB - Room 802
Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
TODAY! Cafecito and reception at @ascoa.bsky.social, with
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
TODAY! Cafecito and reception at @ascoa.bsky.social, with
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
@vickymurillo.bsky.social and @patricionavia.bsky.social, who will reflect on the results of #Argentina's midterms and look ahead to #Chile's general #election.
RSVP at ascoa.my.site.com/LightningMem...
"La #elección de #NYC fue un voto contra Trump y fue a favor de llegar a fin de mes", said @vickymurillo.bsky.social
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
"La elección de NY fue un voto CONTRA TRUMP y fue a FAVOR de LLEGAR A FIN DE MES" #DeAcáEnMás
YouTube video by Urbana Play 104.3 FM
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"La #elección de #NYC fue un voto contra Trump y fue a favor de llegar a fin de mes", said @vickymurillo.bsky.social
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
in a conversation at @urbanaplay.bsky.social, #DeAcáEnMás. Watch it here >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAF...
#NYCMayoralElection
Our current Tinker Visiting Professor Mara Eskinazi will be presenting a talk On Cobogós, Frames and Filters at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Our current Tinker Visiting Professor Mara Eskinazi will be presenting a talk On Cobogós, Frames and Filters at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
November 5th, 2025 10:15 am
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Register for our talk with William Maloney, who will present the key findings of his new publication, Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth.
October 29, 2025
4:10-5:10pm
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
TOMORROW!! Register via zoom
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
TOMORROW!! Register via zoom
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our conversation on Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our conversation on Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 27, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register for our webinar Argentina and Beyond: The Politics of U.S. Foreign Economic Policy!
October 28, 2025
12-1pm
📍Zoom Webinar
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
This Friday and Saturday! Register here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our 2 day conference for the discussion on the comparative historiography of indigenous borderland
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This Friday and Saturday! Register here: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
🔉 Next week events:
* 10/27: Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/28: Argentina and Beyond
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/29: Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/27: Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/28: Argentina and Beyond
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/29: Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🔉 Next week events:
* 10/27: Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/28: Argentina and Beyond
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/29: Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/27: Venezuela at a Crossroads: Political Developments and U.S. Relations
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/28: Argentina and Beyond
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
* 10/29: Reclaiming the Lost Century of Growth
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Today, Columbians unite to advance groundbreaking research and transformative learning across the University.
Make your gift to the Institute of Latin American Studies!
givingday.columbia.edu/pages/arts-a...
Make your gift to the Institute of Latin American Studies!
givingday.columbia.edu/pages/arts-a...
October 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today, Columbians unite to advance groundbreaking research and transformative learning across the University.
Make your gift to the Institute of Latin American Studies!
givingday.columbia.edu/pages/arts-a...
Make your gift to the Institute of Latin American Studies!
givingday.columbia.edu/pages/arts-a...
Happening this Friday and Saturday, don't miss it!
* Register here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* Register here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our 2 day conference for the discussion on the comparative historiography of indigenous borderland
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Happening this Friday and Saturday, don't miss it!
* Register here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* Register here:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
On October 20th, this coming Monday we will have our event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto!
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our exciting event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Register for our exciting event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
On October 20th, this coming Monday we will have our event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto!
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our 2 day conference for the discussion on the comparative historiography of indigenous borderland
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
⚠️REMINDER: Register for our 2 day conference for the discussion on the comparative historiography of indigenous borderland
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* October 24-25th, 2025
📍IAB - Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
⚠️EVENT REMINDER:
Make sure to register for our book talk with Andrés Velasco on The London Consensus.
Moderated by Jeff Frieden
* October 23: 12-1pm
📍IAB Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Make sure to register for our book talk with Andrés Velasco on The London Consensus.
Moderated by Jeff Frieden
* October 23: 12-1pm
📍IAB Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
⚠️EVENT REMINDER:
Make sure to register for our book talk with Andrés Velasco on The London Consensus.
Moderated by Jeff Frieden
* October 23: 12-1pm
📍IAB Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Make sure to register for our book talk with Andrés Velasco on The London Consensus.
Moderated by Jeff Frieden
* October 23: 12-1pm
📍IAB Room 802
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our exciting event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Register for our exciting event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
⚠️REMINDER:
Register for our exciting event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Register for our exciting event on Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts with speaker Manuel Virgüez, from Movimiento Vinotinto
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Events by ILAS for next week! 🔉
* 10/20: Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/23: The London Consensus
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/24-25: Plains and Pampas
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/20: Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/23: The London Consensus
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/24-25: Plains and Pampas
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Events by ILAS for next week! 🔉
* 10/20: Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/23: The London Consensus
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/24-25: Plains and Pampas
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/20: Assessing the Vulnerability of Civil Society Actors in Demographic Backsliding Contexts
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/23: The London Consensus
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
* 10/24-25: Plains and Pampas
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
#ColumbiaGivingDay 🎁
On Tuesday, October 21, Columbians will unite to advance groundbreaking research and transformative learning across the University. Make a Difference with Your Gift to ILAS: givingday.columbia.edu
On Tuesday, October 21, Columbians will unite to advance groundbreaking research and transformative learning across the University. Make a Difference with Your Gift to ILAS: givingday.columbia.edu
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#ColumbiaGivingDay 🎁
On Tuesday, October 21, Columbians will unite to advance groundbreaking research and transformative learning across the University. Make a Difference with Your Gift to ILAS: givingday.columbia.edu
On Tuesday, October 21, Columbians will unite to advance groundbreaking research and transformative learning across the University. Make a Difference with Your Gift to ILAS: givingday.columbia.edu
Authoritarianism Reimagined with Noah Bullock (@noahbullock.bsky.social), Executive Director of Cristosal (@cristosal.bsky.social)
Moderated by Nina Alvarez, Columbia Journalism
Next Monday (10/13)! Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Moderated by Nina Alvarez, Columbia Journalism
Next Monday (10/13)! Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
October 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Authoritarianism Reimagined with Noah Bullock (@noahbullock.bsky.social), Executive Director of Cristosal (@cristosal.bsky.social)
Moderated by Nina Alvarez, Columbia Journalism
Next Monday (10/13)! Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Moderated by Nina Alvarez, Columbia Journalism
Next Monday (10/13)! Register: events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...
Reposted by Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University
NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | Dr. Allen Frances - Is Trump Crazier Than Ever? | @vickymurillo.bsky.social - Trump Bails Out Argentina Who Then Undercuts US Soy Farmers Causing Crisis | @chuck77.bsky.social - US Has Gained 839 Billionaires in 36 Years and They Own $7.8 Trillion
October 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
NOW at backgroundbriefing.org | Dr. Allen Frances - Is Trump Crazier Than Ever? | @vickymurillo.bsky.social - Trump Bails Out Argentina Who Then Undercuts US Soy Farmers Causing Crisis | @chuck77.bsky.social - US Has Gained 839 Billionaires in 36 Years and They Own $7.8 Trillion