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By Deborah O’Neil MA ’09 Most people don’t like what professor Richard Olson has to say. Spend a little time talking to him about disasters and you’ll leave with a real sense of foreboding. However, when you contemplate the wreckage that remains from the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the political, [...]
MIAMI – As part of Florida International University’s long-term commitment to Haiti’s recovery, the University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), in conjunction with the Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), the Division of External Relations, the FIU Hope for Haiti Task Force and the U.S. Department of State, [...]
MIAMI – The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1 million Title VI National Resource Center grant to Florida International University, in partnership with the University of Miami. Last year, FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean Center and UM’s Center for Latin American Studies formed the Miami Consortium for Latin American and [...]
FIU focuses on long-term solutions for Haiti’s future HEALTH FIU physician Dr. Pilar Martin has made numerous trips to Haiti, where she has a longstanding relationship with Rose-Mina de Diegue Orphanage in Port Au Prince. While there, Dr. Martin has delivered relief supplies and provided medical care in orphanages, tent [...]
WHAT: Florida International University’s Latin American and Caribbean Center, the Cuban Research Institute, and the School of International and Public Affairs will join Univisión 23 in hosting a screening of the documentary “50 Años de Exilio.” The documentary, produced by Univisión 23, focuses on the Cuban-American community’s achievements over the past [...]
WHAT: Former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferré, who is active in Puerto Rican politics, will discuss “Puerto Rico and its Role in U.S. and Latin American Relations” Ferré, a Democratic candidate to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, will discuss the impact of Puerto Rico on the United States and Latin [...]
