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Bolivian Indigeneity and Climate Change Governance Discourse
The 2024 Latin American Geographies Research Group (LAGRG) Undergraduate Dissertation Prize has been awarded to Christopher Weber of...

Latin American Geographies in the UK
Oct 21, 20245 min read
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Infrastructure and Environments
Infrastructure remains one of geography’s most exciting debates, providing an entry point to understanding the making of social worlds...

Jess Hope & Murat Arsel
Jun 14, 20236 min read
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New municipalism and the Latin American left
¿Existe una ola de municipalismo latinoamericano? | openDemocracy O novo municipalismo e a esquerda latino-americana | openDemocracy The...

Gabriel Silvestre and Marilín López Fittipaldi
Mar 28, 202310 min read
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Hola Giros y retrocesos del proceso de industrialización del litio en Bolivia
En la década de los años cincuenta del pasado siglo, se produjo un intenso debate en Bolivia acerca de las posibilidades del país de...
Carlos Arze
Feb 21, 20238 min read
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Twists and setbacks of the lithium industrialization process in Bolivia
In the 1950s, there was an intense debate in Bolivia about the possibility for the country to take tin mining to the metallurgical stage,...
Carlos Arze
Feb 21, 20238 min read
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The social and political life of Latin American infrastructures
When Luis Fernando Camacho, the right-wing governor of the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz, was arrested on 27th December 2022 in...
Jonathan Alderman and Geoff Goodwin
Feb 13, 20235 min read
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Atrapanieblas en Lima
El Premio Latin American Research Group (LAGRG) 2022 para Tesis de Licenciatura ha sido otorgado a Sophia Grijalva de la London School of...
Sophia Grijalva
Nov 28, 20226 min read
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Fog-Catchers in Lima
The 2022 Latin American Geographies Research Group (LAGRG) Undergraduate Dissertation Prize has been awarded to Sophia Grijalva of the...
Sophia Grijalva
Nov 28, 20225 min read
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Let's celebrate Lula’s election, but we need to debate how Brazil’s left moves forward
Lula’s recent election to the Brazilian presidency saw the country’s left heave a collective sigh of relief. The profound threat that the...
Jessica Sklair
Nov 14, 20224 min read
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Bolsonaroism as Expression
The first round has been and gone, and, to the surprise of many, after all the failures of his government over the last four years, Jair...
Diego de Matos Gondim
Oct 27, 20225 min read
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Bolsonarismo como Expressão
O primeiro turno se passou e, para surpresa de muitos, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, após todas desvarias de seu governo nos últimos quatro...
Diego de Matos Gondim
Oct 27, 20225 min read
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El día después de las elecciones: contribuciones a un debate
1. Las elecciones importan Apoyamos que Bolsonaro pierda. Estamos a favor de que Lula gane. Pero todo indica que ésta no será otra...
Coletivo Desmedida do Possível
Sep 30, 20226 min read
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After the election: a contribution to the debate
1. The election matters We are for Bolsonaro’s defeat. So we want Lula to win. But everything indicates that this is not a...
Coletivo Desmedida do Possível
Sep 30, 20226 min read
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A geografia das eleições brasileiras
À medida que as eleições no Brasil se aproximam, todos os olhos estão grudados nas urnas. Desde o início da campanha, os dois favoritos –...
Matthew Richmond
Sep 26, 20225 min read
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The geography of the Brazilian election
Matthew Richmond analyses the electoral geography of the upcoming Brazilian Election
Matthew Richmond
Sep 26, 20225 min read
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Notes on Chile: on zombie neoliberalism and its open wounds
Luis Andueza considers the zombie life of neoliberalism in Chile after the rejection of a new constitution.
Luis Andueza
Sep 22, 20228 min read
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Elections in Colombia: Upsetting ‘politics as usual’
Elections in Colombia: Upsetting ‘politics as usual’ Colombia is experiencing a major political reset. For the first time in its history,...
Nadia Mosquera Muriel
Jun 16, 20226 min read
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Reflections of a British Latin Americanist at CLACSO 2022
The Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (Latin American Congress of Social Sciences, CLACSO) has just held its ninth annual...
Angus McNelly
Jun 13, 20225 min read
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Guardians of the forest, or carbon guards?
Territorial autonomy and conservationist heteronomy in the indigenous Amazon
Fábio Alkmin
Jun 7, 20227 min read
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Guardiões da floresta ou guardas do carbono?
Autonomia territorial e heteronomia conservacionista na Amazônia indígena.
Fábio Alkmin
Jun 7, 20227 min read
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