Latin American Studies Program at USC

Until We Find Them: The Struggle Against Forced Disappearances in Mexico. SUNDAY Nov 8th 3PM. Free. More details... https://www.facebook.com/events/515737665259514/
Nadín Reyes Maldonado, a Mexican human rights defender who founded the Committee of Family Members of the Disappeared and Detained ‘Until We Find Them’ speaks, linking the issues of militarization, drug policy, and free trade agreements to human rights abuses and the 27,000 forced disappearances that have occurred over the last decade in Mexico.

This is tomorrow (Wednesday):

CAPOEIRA class begins on the USC campus! Beginners encouraged to attend. Come learn a new martial art from Brazil that emerges from Latin America and the African Diaspora. Free and open to USC students. Feel free to bring a friend or a date!
Time: Wed 5-6:30
Location: Fields between Strom Wellness Ctr and Greek Village, Field 4
Instructor: Todd of Capoeira Charleston program
Sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program, the Walker Institute, and the Honors College

RT : Big week: the new film is screening at festivals in Texas, Florida, & Dublin. See http://bit.ly/17BRAmj

index The beautiful Huastecan sound (son huasteco) has echoed from the mountains of northeast Mexico for more than a century. On Sundays, people meet in town squares to dance and stomp to the explosive violin...

In The Wake Of Brazil's Boom, Prices To Match http://buff.ly/YPOZlB

In The Wake Of Brazil's Boom, Prices To Match : NPR Over the past few years, incomes in Brazil rose and unemployment plunged to record lows. But now — as the country prepares to host the World Cup and the Olympics — the numbers are changing. Growth...

Low and Slow Around the Globe: Mexican-American Subculture of Lowriding Around the World

Low and Slow Around the Globe: Mexican-American Subculture of Lowriding Around the World | @prithewo The Mexican-American car subculture of lowriding with roots in Los Angeles has spread around the world from Japan to Brazil. There is even a Japanese lowriding magazine about L.A. Chicano and Chicana...

Documenting the Lowriding Subculture in Brazil: ‘South American Cholo’

Documenting the Lowriding Subculture in Brazil: 'South American Cholo' | @pritheworld Filmmaker Phuong-Cac Nguyen spoke with The World about lowriding culture in Brazil and her short documentary, 'South American Cholo.'

The Immigration Movement: Without A Unified Leader, But On The Cusp Of Success http://buff.ly/16OPCxx

The Immigration Movement: Without A Unified Leader, But On The Cusp Of Success : NPR The decentralization was on display during a march on Washington on Wednesday, which was organized by a disparate group of activists. But experts and protesters said not having a national leader gave...

Venezuela's Next Leader Faces Tough Choice On Oil Program http://buff.ly/YNcXxI

Venezuela's Next Leader Faces Tough Choice On Oil Program : NPR During his presidency, Hugo Chavez gave Venezuelan consumers cheap gasoline. He propped up the Cuban regime, and he offered oil on preferential terms to 18 regional countries. But Chavez died before he...

Chavez's office 'to become museum' http://buff.ly/ZiYS7F

Chavez's office 'to become museum' Venezuela's acting president Nicolas Maduro says he will turn the office where the late President Hugo Chavez worked into a museum.

Colombians march to back peace talks http://buff.ly/12NI8IM

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US blacklists Honduran 'drug lord' http://buff.ly/17sB73H

US blacklists Honduran 'drug lord' The United States Treasury has frozen any assets held in the US by the alleged leader of a Honduran drug-trafficking organisation.

Mexico sentences reporter's murderer http://buff.ly/17sB4VB

Mexico sentences reporter's murderer A judge in Mexico has sentenced a man to 38 years in prison over the 2012 murder of crime reporter Regina Martinez Perez.