Latin America

Activists across Latin America organize to protect water resources

Activists across Latin America organize to protect water resources

Climate change has been at the forefront of international discussion with the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place this November. An event on Thursday, Nov. 10, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discussed the social movements taking place in Latin America in support of the climate. The panel discussion, titled “A Blue Tide Rising in Latin America?” was held by the Political Economy Research Institute, and focused on the grassroots movements based on Indigenous peoples’ involvement to make a greener Latin America.

Regional responses to COVID-19 change over year

Regional responses to COVID-19 change over year

In the year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, countries across the world have responded to the crisis in varying ways, all of which have had massive impacts on the health of their citizens.

Interdepartmental panel discusses current events, protests in Latin America

Interdepartmental panel discusses current events, protests in Latin America

Several Latin American nations have experienced protests within recent months. Chile — the “first laboratory of neoliberal policy,” according to Pintetta — witnessed immense national solidarity movements sparked by the increased price of public transportation and centered around the country’s drastic wealth disparity.