Journal of Latin American Geography
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JLAG is a peer-reviewed journal from the Conference of Latin American Geography publishing original geographical and interdisciplinary scholarship on Latin America & Caribbean and its diaspora. https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/240
Tenenbaum highlights that González-Rivera’s book strikes an impressive balance in situating the experiences and events of LGBTQIA+ people in western Nicaragua within the nation’s broader historical context, covering five centuries of historical context.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Tenenbaum highlights that González-Rivera’s book strikes an impressive balance in situating the experiences and events of LGBTQIA+ people in western Nicaragua within the nation’s broader historical context, covering five centuries of historical context.
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Francaviglia reviews book Frames of Resistance: The Cinemas of Abya Yala, explaining Abya Yala as a term used by Indigenous Kuna of Colombia and Panama to identify lands beyond their ancestral homeland, highlighting its role in giving recognition to Indigenous films.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Francaviglia reviews book Frames of Resistance: The Cinemas of Abya Yala, explaining Abya Yala as a term used by Indigenous Kuna of Colombia and Panama to identify lands beyond their ancestral homeland, highlighting its role in giving recognition to Indigenous films.
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Miyares describes how Sullivan’s book presents research uncovering stories of grassroot movements against the imperialist sugar companies, the Cuban government and even fascism in Spain, through a historical geography of the sugar towns of Cuba’s Oriente province.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Miyares describes how Sullivan’s book presents research uncovering stories of grassroot movements against the imperialist sugar companies, the Cuban government and even fascism in Spain, through a historical geography of the sugar towns of Cuba’s Oriente province.
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Brannstrom notes that @fredericofreitas.org and Blanc are among the most recent scholars to focus on the dynamics of sertão, concept in Brazil’s historical geography, and welcomes their endeavor to better understand the relations beyond Brazil’s coastal settlements.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Brannstrom notes that @fredericofreitas.org and Blanc are among the most recent scholars to focus on the dynamics of sertão, concept in Brazil’s historical geography, and welcomes their endeavor to better understand the relations beyond Brazil’s coastal settlements.
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Schroeder reviews The Taste of Nostalgia from Amy Hall, in light of the recent boom of Peruvian cuisine, highlighting that women’s domestic work underpins the movement and how it is intertwined with complex feelings of nostalgia from a Cold War colonialist era.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Schroeder reviews The Taste of Nostalgia from Amy Hall, in light of the recent boom of Peruvian cuisine, highlighting that women’s domestic work underpins the movement and how it is intertwined with complex feelings of nostalgia from a Cold War colonialist era.
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López-Carr describes Lovell’s book as accessible and engaging, that its contribution in challenging the traditional focus on major conquests makes it suitable for both scholars and general readers, and a must for Latin American historians and historical geographers.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
López-Carr describes Lovell’s book as accessible and engaging, that its contribution in challenging the traditional focus on major conquests makes it suitable for both scholars and general readers, and a must for Latin American historians and historical geographers.
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Saha and Blume consider Call the Mothers’ to be a compelling and unflinching ethnographic examination of state violence, gendered activism and the politics of grief in contemporary Mexico, as part of the devastating human consequences of the drug war.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Saha and Blume consider Call the Mothers’ to be a compelling and unflinching ethnographic examination of state violence, gendered activism and the politics of grief in contemporary Mexico, as part of the devastating human consequences of the drug war.
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Ponce-Romero points out that at first sight, Agbiboa’s book on transport systems in Nigeria might not be related to Latin America, however, the book presents information on pertinent topics, such as informal transportation, daily urban survival and corruption.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ponce-Romero points out that at first sight, Agbiboa’s book on transport systems in Nigeria might not be related to Latin America, however, the book presents information on pertinent topics, such as informal transportation, daily urban survival and corruption.
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Dohrenwend’s review of Sarreal’s book analyses an interwoven history of capitalism, imperialism, erasure, nationalism, immigration, modernity, and globalization through a commodity, yerba mate.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dohrenwend’s review of Sarreal’s book analyses an interwoven history of capitalism, imperialism, erasure, nationalism, immigration, modernity, and globalization through a commodity, yerba mate.
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In this review, Spears considers how Connecting China, Latin America, and the Caribbean is able to bring contributions from scholars to offer a perspective on the socio-economic transformations induced by Chinese investments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
In this review, Spears considers how Connecting China, Latin America, and the Caribbean is able to bring contributions from scholars to offer a perspective on the socio-economic transformations induced by Chinese investments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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To conclude the set of Perspectives, Padilla reflects upon the contributions, proposing that the reflections differ in crucial ways, as a result from the places that anchor the authors’ relationship to America, to their ways of latinidad and experiences of migration.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
To conclude the set of Perspectives, Padilla reflects upon the contributions, proposing that the reflections differ in crucial ways, as a result from the places that anchor the authors’ relationship to America, to their ways of latinidad and experiences of migration.
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Muñoza, Cacuas, Mendoza and Zaragocín, in their own Perspectives, reimagine Latinx and Latin American Geographies and share their intersecting reflections.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Muñoza, Cacuas, Mendoza and Zaragocín, in their own Perspectives, reimagine Latinx and Latin American Geographies and share their intersecting reflections.
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In this piece, Valdivia introduces the set of JLAG Perspectives that were presented at the 2025 JLAG annual lecture at the AAG, Weaving Together the Americas, a dialogue between Latin American and Latinx geographies.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In this piece, Valdivia introduces the set of JLAG Perspectives that were presented at the 2025 JLAG annual lecture at the AAG, Weaving Together the Americas, a dialogue between Latin American and Latinx geographies.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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An article by Ruete and Rodríguez de Francisco examines the Matanza Riachuelo River through the lens of political ecology and environmental justice, as they argue that river restoration must center affected populations, integrating ecological goals with social equity.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
An article by Ruete and Rodríguez de Francisco examines the Matanza Riachuelo River through the lens of political ecology and environmental justice, as they argue that river restoration must center affected populations, integrating ecological goals with social equity.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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In their paper, Emard and Miller compare two national parks in Costa Rica and Colombia co-managed by the state and community, with insights into the potentials and limitations for particularly Afro-Latin American communities to assert their environmental rights.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In their paper, Emard and Miller compare two national parks in Costa Rica and Colombia co-managed by the state and community, with insights into the potentials and limitations for particularly Afro-Latin American communities to assert their environmental rights.
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In this paper, Lorenzen and Orozco-Ramírez examine the geography and drivers of population changes in rural Mexico at a municipal level from 2000 to 2020, showing a depopulating north and a growing center, south and south-east.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In this paper, Lorenzen and Orozco-Ramírez examine the geography and drivers of population changes in rural Mexico at a municipal level from 2000 to 2020, showing a depopulating north and a growing center, south and south-east.
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En su artículo, Morales Ventura y colegas analizan el extractivismo de la tierra a través del arrendamiento y la aparcería en el contexto del rápido crecimiento en la producción de agave para tequila en México, debido a las inversiones de empresas multinacionales.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
En su artículo, Morales Ventura y colegas analizan el extractivismo de la tierra a través del arrendamiento y la aparcería en el contexto del rápido crecimiento en la producción de agave para tequila en México, debido a las inversiones de empresas multinacionales.
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@jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the publication of issue 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(2).
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the publication of issue 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(2).
@jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(2).
In The Unequal Ocean, Viatori provides insights into how the Pacific Ocean shapes society in Peru. Young finds that the book offers a useful overview for those interested in socio-environmental concerns from a marine perspective, based on an ethnographic approach.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In The Unequal Ocean, Viatori provides insights into how the Pacific Ocean shapes society in Peru. Young finds that the book offers a useful overview for those interested in socio-environmental concerns from a marine perspective, based on an ethnographic approach.
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Norris explores Nemer's ethnographic work in the Vitória favelas and the potential for human liberation through favela residents' appropriation of technology, drawing connections to Paulo Freire's work.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Norris explores Nemer's ethnographic work in the Vitória favelas and the potential for human liberation through favela residents' appropriation of technology, drawing connections to Paulo Freire's work.
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The book reviewed by Brown provides an overlooked view of key individuals and their projects in agricultural development. He notes most scholars within Latin Americanist geography focus on why rural land managers decide, not on those setting the context.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The book reviewed by Brown provides an overlooked view of key individuals and their projects in agricultural development. He notes most scholars within Latin Americanist geography focus on why rural land managers decide, not on those setting the context.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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Patricio Navia reviews the work of Osberger, social worker and psychotherapist, specializing in trauma and torture, whose memoir reflects on the brutality witnessed during the early years of Pinochet’s military dictatorship in Chile.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Patricio Navia reviews the work of Osberger, social worker and psychotherapist, specializing in trauma and torture, whose memoir reflects on the brutality witnessed during the early years of Pinochet’s military dictatorship in Chile.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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In this review, Rasmussen notes how the Bennison's book invites reflection on historical continuities and ruptures in the constitution of water authorities and their relationship to broader societal reproduction.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In this review, Rasmussen notes how the Bennison's book invites reflection on historical continuities and ruptures in the constitution of water authorities and their relationship to broader societal reproduction.
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The global Hass avocado market has grown with demand from the U.S., Europe and China. Beyond Mexico, producers like Peru, Chile & Colombia have expanded. Colombia, now second-largest, faces overexploitation of water and conversion of forests into agricultural lands.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The global Hass avocado market has grown with demand from the U.S., Europe and China. Beyond Mexico, producers like Peru, Chile & Colombia have expanded. Colombia, now second-largest, faces overexploitation of water and conversion of forests into agricultural lands.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...
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Guerrero describe la principal región productora y exportadora de aguacate del mundo. La creciente demanda, a menudo procedente del mercado estadounidense, se enfrenta a la ausencia de un sistema gubernamental que regule la expansión descontrolada de las plantaciones.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Guerrero describe la principal región productora y exportadora de aguacate del mundo. La creciente demanda, a menudo procedente del mercado estadounidense, se enfrenta a la ausencia de un sistema gubernamental que regule la expansión descontrolada de las plantaciones.
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