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Author Carlos M. N. Eire will visit FIU Monday, Nov. 21, to deliver a lecture about his book Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy. The lecture and book signing is scheduled for 1 p.m. in Room 140 of the Graham Center at FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique [...]
The Miami Consortium for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will present the findings of the 2010 AmericasBarometer: Report on the Americas at 8:15 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 28, at the University of Miami Robert and Judy Prokop Newman Alumni Center. The Miami Consortium is a collaboration between FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean [...]
Seminar marks 20th anniversary of Cuban Research Institute The nation’s top Cuba scholars will gather at Florida International University to discuss what lies ahead for Cuba as part of the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of FIU’s Cuban Research Institute. The panel discussion, “Cuba Today and Tomorrow: Reform and Expectations,” [...]
FIU’s Latin American and Caribbean Center, Cuban Research Institute, and School of International and Public Affairs joined Univisión 23 in hosting a screening of the documentary 50 Años de Exilio Tuesday, May 18, at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The documentary, which was produced by Univisión 23, focuses on the Cuban-American community’s achievements of [...]
MIAMI – Florida International University’s School of International and Public Affairs, in conjunction with the Latin American and Caribbean Center, is hosting a teach-in on the crisis in Haiti that will include a discussion of the country’s economic, political, and social reconstruction, as well as its cultural preservation and the [...]
The Latin American and Caribbean Center‘s (LACC) new politics and international relations of Argentina program is offering a study abroad course this summer (May 17-June 12). The four week class based in Buenos Aires is open to FIU and non-FIU students. Participants will study the politics and society of Argentina [...]
WHAT: Florida International University’s Latin American and Caribbean Center and Department of Modern Languages is hosting a series of lectures focusing on politics and literature with award-winning author and former Nicaraguan Vice-President Sergio Ramírez, from Feb. 17-19. The first lecture “El Oficio Más Viejo Del Mundo”, will be held in [...]
Portia Simpson Miller, former prime minister of Jamaica, will be speaking at FIU Nov. 6 for the 11th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The [...]
The crisis in Honduras will test President Obama’s ability to mediate a peaceful and acceptable resolution in the Central American country, FIU experts said this week at a panel discussion on the crisis. “President Obama and his administration are trying to reestablish a relationship with the region,” said Eduardo A. [...]
A women’s organization founded in 1916, the Pan American Round Table promotes mutual understanding, friendship and democracy among the nations of the Western Hemisphere. The director of international affairs for the Organization of American States (OAS) will speak at the conference on June 18. By Sissi Aguila The 2009 Pan [...]
