Américas: The Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies

As a journal that recognizes the importance of dialogue and the legacies of historical injustice within Latin America and its diaspora, we know that silence is unacceptable during times like this.

Included are abstracts of pieces from previous additions of the journal that address issues of racism within Latin America. For the full versions, please visit our website.

We are proud to present the ninth volume of Américas: The Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies!
https://issuu.com/americasjhu/docs/americas_volumeix

Our Spring 2020 edition features work by Byulorm Park, Miranda Bain, Katie Coldiron, Barae Hirsch, Eduardo da Costa, Shelby Drozdowski, and Eillen Martinez on topics ranging from the sociolingusitic consequences of education in Miami to sexual and reproductive healthcare in humanitarian crises. We are incredibly excited about the pieces this year and hope you enjoying reading them much as we did.

A special thanks to the editing team and to the International Studies Program at Hopkins for their continued support.

Américas Volume IX We are proud to present the 9th volume of Américas: The Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies.

"Within the constructs of music, Caribbean artists have been able to carve out a space for themselves that examines their diaspora identities. By using hip hop, a largely male dominated genre, Caribbean women have been able to explore traumas induced by gender, language, spirituality, and blackness within the Caribbean diaspora. By entering a space not meant to encompass them, artists like Nitty Scott, Princess Nokia, Maluca, and Ibeyi have been able to amplify their voices and connect with one another."
-Isabella Lajara, from "Cuando eres ni de aqui ni allá: Exploring Diasporic Afro-Latinidad through Hip-Hop"

Check out more of this article in Américas Volume VIII (https://americasjhu.org/past-editions/) and remember to submit your work to Volume IX! Send it to [email protected] by Sunday, February 16th 11:59pm!

Past Editions Américas Volume VIII Américas Volume VII Américas Volume VI Américas Volume V Américas Volume IV Américas Volume III

As protests continue in Chile, President Sebastian Pinera promises to overhaul the health care system under the program FONASA. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-protests/chiles-president-sends-congress-plan-to-slash-health-care-costs-after-protests-idUSKBN1Z40QN

For more on Chile's healthcare system, check out Américas Volume VI https://issuu.com/americasjhu/docs/americas_combined_
and Sara Jordan Chadwick's piece (pg.20) "Influences of Economic Policy on Healthcare in Chile: The Development of Universal Healthcare from the Populist Movement to the Neoliberal Era."

And then remember to send in your commentary, research, and manuscripts to [email protected] by February 16, 2020.

Chile's president sends Congress plan to slash health care costs after protests Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Sunday announced a plan to overhaul the co...

Our submissions period for the ninth volume of Américas is officially open! Send your work relating to Latin America to [email protected] by Sunday, February 16th, 2020 at 11:59pm.

We look forward to reading your work!

Join us at 3PM for a teach-in on Chile!

We are proud to present the eighth volume of Américas: The Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies!

Our Spring 2019 edition features work by Daniel Sullivan, Sabrina Rainsbury, Alexandra Ciullo, Elizabeth Tian, and Isabella Lajara, on issues ranging from the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama to diasporic Afro-Latinidad in hip-hop. We hope you enjoying reading these pieces as much as we did.

Finally, a special thanks to the International Studies Program at Hopkins for their continued support of this journal!

Américas Volume VIII We are proud to present the eighth volume of Américas: The Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies.

Happening this Wednesday, February 6th in Gilman Hall!

Our submissions period for the eighth volume of Américas is officially open! Send your work to [email protected] by February 24th, 2019. For more information, visit https://americasjhu.org/.

We look forward to reading your work!

Hopkins community:

Next Tuesday, Latin America in a Globalizing World (LAGW) is hosting Alan Shane Dillingham, from Spring Hill College, to speak on "Mexico 1968: A View from the South." Be sure to come!

"Victory for Jair Bolsonaro in the second-round run-off of Brazil’s presidential election on 28 October could lead to a more severe migration policy, attacks on migrants’ rights, and fragmentation of regional approaches to mobility."

Brazil elections 2018: how will a Bolsonaro victory affect migration policy in Brazil and South America? | LSE Latin America and Caribbean Victory for Jair Bolsonaro in the second-round run-off of Brazil's presidential election on 28 October could lead to a more severe migration policy, attacks on migrants’ rights, and fragmentation of regional approaches to mobility, write Marcia Vera Espinoza (Queen Mary University of London) and L...

We are excited to announce that we are expanding our editorial team! If you are interested in joining our staff, please send us an application or reach out to us for more information.

We are proud to present the Seventh Edition of Américas: The Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies!

A special thank you to our Américas editors and contributing authors, as well as the Johns Hopkins Programs in Latin American Studies and International Studies.

https://issuu.com/americasjhu/docs/combinepdf

Américas Volume VII The seventh edition of Américas, the Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies.

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We've been busy reviewing submissions for this year's journal, so have not been able to post many news updates recently. But, in light of recent events, here is a news update!

The World Economic Forum on Latin America met just last week from March 13-15 in Sāo Paulo, Brazil. This article below outlines the key takeaways from the forum and their implications.

5 takeaways from the 2018 World Economic Forum on Latin America Discussions at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Brazil last week ranged from the region’s corruption problems, to financing and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, and the growing crisis in Venezuela. Here are some of the key takeaways.

After President Michelle Bachelet of Chile leaves office in March, Latin America will have no female presidents. However, female representation in Latin American politics is still far more prevalent than in the U.S.

Opinion | Latin America’s Female Leadership Void Quota laws for female political candidates have not fully changed traditional attitudes about who should lead a country.

Read about how twenty-five children and young citizens of Colombia filed the first ever climate change litigation in Latin America on Monday.

Colombia citizens file first ever climate change litigation in Latin America [JURIST] Twenty-five children and young citizens of Colombia between the ages of seven and 26 on Monday filed the first ever climate change litigation [lawsuit, PDF, in Spanish] in Latin America.

The closing of Latin America's biggest landfill, located in Brazil, although good for the environment, will leave thousands unemployed in a struggling economy.

The Devastating Impact of Closing Latin America's Biggest Landfill Brazil's largest landfill closes this month leaving thousands of scavengers, and the 35,000 people living nearby, fearing more poverty and an increase in crime while the economy struggles to provide jobs. We followed Sandra Montes and her husband Emerson Oliveira de Souza as they trawled through ton...

Could 2018 see electoral justice in Latin America?

More than 350 million Latin American voters to elect new leaders in 2018 Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica and Paraguay will elect new presidents in what could be a popular reaction against corrruption

Our submissions period for the seventh volume of Américas is officially open!

“The fact that China wants to deal with a group, just as it did with Africa, shows they really don’t know much about Latin America at all.” Read about Latin American/Chinese trade relations here:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-14/latin-america-needs-a-china-strategy

Latin America Needs a China Strategy Because China definitely has a Latin America strategy.

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We are currently looking for new staff editors! Please reach out to us on this page, or email [email protected], for more information. We look forward to hearing from you!

We are incredibly proud to present the sixth volume of Américas! Thanks to all our amazing authors and editors as well as the Johns Hopkins Program in Latin American Studies. https://issuu.com/americasjhu/docs/americas_combined_

Américas Volume VI The sixth edition of Américas, the Johns Hopkins Journal of Latin American Studies.

Unrest in some countries is "reigniting concern about political stability in some of this year’s best-performing emerging markets and key U.S. trading partners."

Latin American Markets Feel the Pressure From Political Turmoil It’s been a tumultuous few days in Latin America with anti-government protests in Venezuela and Paraguay, an attack on the opposition presidential candidate in Ecuador and recurring unrest in Brazil, where the president’s popularity is tumbling amid attempts to reform the pension system.

"With further Fed increases expected this year, developing countries are bracing for additional impacts: more investment departing, more currencies falling, more economies weakening."

The Fed Acts. Workers in Mexico and Merchants in Malaysia Suffer. Rising interest rates in the United States are driving money out of many developing countries, straining governments and pinching consumers around the globe.

"Despite China’s encroachment...the stars are aligned for a renewed U.S. focus on economics with Latin America."

Trumpian Opportunities in Latin America In his haste to fulfill campaign vows, Donald Trump has lost sight of the fact that nowhere is the United States better poised to gain more with less effort than in Latin America. To put it in Trumpian terms, the region is ripe for a deal.

Mexico and Brazil are taking major steps toward market-driven policies, drawing ire from their citizens.

Latin American Governments Cool on Fuel Subsidies The fuel subsidies Latin American governments have used for decades to spread the bounty of natural resources are fading as the region’s largest economies shift toward market-driven policies, deepening public ire in difficult economic times.

"There are policy errors [and] corruption. But normally it’s not something that hits people’s pocketbooks."

Mexico's raucous gas-price protests have turned a major border crossing into a flash point Coming alongside corruption and economic struggles, fuel price hikes have stoked new outrage among people in Mexico.

Countries throughout Latin America are facing a number of challenges going into the new year.

What Are The Most Important Latin America Stories To Follow In 2017? There are number of important trends unfolding in Latin America that will be important for investors to watch in 2017. Both U.S and Mexican flags fly outside of a factory in Tijuana, Mexico. Photo by N. Parish Flannery. Instagram: Peru’s ongoing struggle to channel mining profits in...

Pedro Pablo Kaczynski wants to challenge Trump's perception of Latin America.

Peruvian president: Here's the first thing I'll tell Trump when I meet him "The first thing I am going to try to explain to him is that the U.S. is not in the dumps because of Mexico," Peru's president said last week.

For Nicaragua, gender equality may be the key to economic growth.

In One Of Latin America’s Poorest Countries, Boosting The Economy Is Women’s Work Ana María Hernandez wakes up every day at 3 a.m. to make tortillas that she sells during the day at her store on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua’s capital city. In the past two years, Hernandez…

"There are two ways to interpret this moment in Latin America. One is to see it as a moment of an ideological pendulum shift from left to right. The other is to see it as a repeating cycle of hypercorrection, with crises of governance once again producing mega-reformers."

The Curse of Hypercorrection in Latin America Latin America’s ideological pendulum is shifting from left to right, but new leaders are also repeating the errors of their predecessors.