Faculty Voices

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
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Faculty Voices Podcast

Faculty Voices is produced by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Hear what Harvard faculty think about relevant topics that impact Latin America.

  1. 18 SEPT

    Episode 62: Alicia Yamin on Mexico's Judicial Reform Plan

    Alicia Yamin, Lecturer on Law and the Director of the Global Health and Rights Project at the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics at Harvard Law School, talks about Mexico's judicial reform plan, which makes all federal judges elected, rather than appointed positions. Yamin, who is also Adjunct Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Management at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, considers this a threat to Mexican democracy.

    25 min

  2. 3 SEPT

    Episode 61: Alisha Holland on Ecuador's Current Political Climate

    Alisha Holland, a Professor in the Government Department at Harvard University, discusses the situation in Ecuador, an Andean country that faces multiple challenges from organized crime, as well as economic and energy crises.

    30 min

  3. 25 AUG

    Episode 60: Pablo Pérez Ramos on Oasis of Mezcal in Oaxaca

    Pablo Pérez Ramos, an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, discusses “Oasis of Mezcal," his work in a Oaxacan rural community where agave-growing is changing agricultural production patterns. It is at once an intensely local story and a reflection of worldwide challenges posed by climate change and environmental degradation.

    28 min

  4. 15 AUG

    Episode 59: Kathryn Sikkink on the Transitional Justice Database

    Kathryn Sikkink, the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, talks about the findings of a new database for transitional justice: https://transitionaljusticedata.org/ You may find some of them surprising!

    26 min

  5. 9 AUG

    Episode 58: Ricardo Hausmann on Venezuela's Political Crisis

    Ricardo Hausmann, the founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab and the Rafik Hariri Professor of the Practice of International Political Economy at Harvard Kennedy School, was Minister of Planning of Venezuela (1992-1993). Here, he reflects on the crisis in his country following a disputed presidential election which most say was stolen by Venezuela's autocratic regime.

    30 min

  6. 31 JUL

    Episode 57: Steve Levitsky on 2024 Venezuelan Election Results

    As protests rage in Venezuela and allegations of electoral fraud mount, Steve Levitsky, Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, discusses the challenging situation.

    23 min

  7. 14 JUL

    Episode 56: Christina Warinner on the Ancient City of Chichén Itza

    Christina Warinner, Professor of the Social Sciences in the Harvard Department of Anthropology and Sally Starling Seaver Associate Professor at the Radcliffe Institute, has uncovered lost stories about the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itza. With techniques like ancient DNA, isotopes and bioarchaeology, she and an international team of genetic scientists have made some startling discoveries that contradict the myth of sacrificed virgins—the offering of little boys, particularly twins.

    28 min

  8. 13 JUN

    Episode 55: Natalia Garbiras-Diaz on Peace Agreements and Post-Conflict Solutions

    Natalia Garbiras-Diaz, an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, examines peace processes in Colombia. She's particularly interested in the formation of citizens' and excombatants' attitude towards peace agreements and their role in stabilizing peace in post-conflict situations.

    26 min
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Faculty Voices is produced by the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Hear what Harvard faculty think about relevant topics that impact Latin America.

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  • Creator
    David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
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    Faculty Voices

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