Latin America Lectures - BYU Kennedy Center

Inside the Foreign Service: Insights into International Affairs and Diplomacy Careers from a Junior Officer

Jaimee Neel, vice consul, U.S. Consulate General Shanghai, China

Probreza entre las Pueblos Indigenas de Chihuahua

Horacio Echavarría González, public education researcher

Southern Cyborgs: Posthuman Identity in Latin America

J. Andrew Brown, associate professor of Spanish, Washington University in St. Louis

Programs and Internships

Sallee Reynolds, internship coordinator and assistant to the president, Ascend Alliance

Paraguay–U.S. Relations

His Excellency James Spalding, Paraguayan ambassador to the U.S.

Challenges and Opportunities in Trade in the Western Hemisphere

Her Excellency Linda Jewell, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, and His Excellency Charles Shapiro, senior director, Western Hemisphere FTA Task Force

Central America in Transition: A Circular History

Thomas L. Pearcy, professor of history, Slippery Rock University

Narcotics Trafficking and the Increasingly Important Role Venezuela Plays as a Transit Country

Willard Smith, first secretary and director, Narcotics Affairs and Law Enforcement Section American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela

Hugo Chavez and Populism in Venezuela

Kirk A. Hawkins, assistant professor of political science

U.S. Immigration, Perspectives from a U.S. Foreign Service Officer

Alexander Hawkes, vice consul, U.S. Embassy Guadalajara, Mexico

Building Local Peace Amid Civil War: The Colombian Experience

Christopher Mitchell, emeritus professor of conflict resolution, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

Latter-day Saints Under Siege: The Unique Experience of Nicaraguan Mormons

Henri Gooren, staff member, Centre for Intercultural Theology (Centre IIMO), University of Utrecht, Netherlands

History, Culture, and Future of Boca del Rio, Mexico

Francisco Jose Gutierrez de Velasco Urtaza, mayor of Boca del Rio, and select officials of his administration, including the chief of international affairs and the director of communication. They will be address how we can create more educational, business

Challenges to Democratization in Latin America

Mitchell A. Seligson, Centennial Professor of Political Science and Fellow of the Center for the Americas, Vanderbilt University

Panama: Social Challenges, Political Responsibilities, and Economic Opportunities

His Excellency Fedrico A. Humbert, Panamanian ambassador to the U.S.

Emerging Diseases in the Tropics: Biology Meets Economics, Politics, and Culture

Thomas Yuill, director and professor (emeritus), Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

It's About the Story

Wynn Hougaard, award-winning film editor, LDS Motion Picture Studio

Brazilian Church History

Mark L. Grover, Latin America subject specialist, Harold B. Lee Library

Whose Development?

Alisa Allred Mercer, community building director, Esther Foundation

The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

Book of the Semester Panel Discussion: Ted Lyon, panel chair, Latin American studies coordinator, and professor of Spanish; Paul Y. Hoskisson, Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious Understanding; Roger R. Keller, professor of Church history and doctrine; Richard N. Holzapfel, associate professor of church history and doctrine; and Mark L. Grover, Africa and Latin America subject specialist, Harold B. Lee Library

The U.S. Immigration Debate: Local Issues and Global Implications

Rachel Swarns, New York Times correspondent

Colombia: Desperation and Immigration

Josiah Pierce, Vice-Consul, United States Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia

Global Organizations and Brazil

Luis Erlanger, director of communications, TV Globo Brazil

Latin America and the Left: U.S. Policy toward Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, and Venezuela

Elizabeth Whitaker, deputy assistant secretary for Canada, Mexico and Public Diplomacy

The Mystery of Cesar Vallejo's Autographs

Stephen Hart, professor of Spanish, University College London

They have no respect: The Impact of Youth Gangs in Nahual®, Guatemala

John Edvalson, Master’s candidate, University of Florida

Contentious Republicans: Popular Politics, Race, and Class in Nineteenth-Century Colombia

James E. Sanders, assistant professor of history, Utah State University

The Greater Glory: Faulkner as Cold War Ambassador to Latin America

Deborah N. Cohn, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University.

The Situation of Healthcare in Latin America and Ecuador

Alfredo Palacio Gonzalez, Vice President and former Minister of Health of the Republic of Ecuador.

Utah, Latinos, Catholics, and Mormons: Situating Utah within Latino Studies Parameters

Ignacio García, associate professor of history, BYU

Poetry Presentation - 'La hora de los mameyes'

Recited by Annalee Brown

Utah, Latinos, Catholics, and Mormons: Situating Utah within Latino Studies Parameters

Armando Solorzano, associate professor of family and consumer studies, U of U

Community Law Help for Immigrants

Matt Brown

Community Law Help for Immigrants

Bill Cataruzman

Poetry Presentation - 'Imagina los angeles de pan'

Recited by Ruth Flores Orozco

Migrations of a Latino Artist

Jose Riveros, Chilean artist

Migrations of a Latino Artist

George Handley, associate professor of humanities, BYU

Poetry Presentation - 'Y no se lo trage la tierra'

Recited by Sonia Quiroga Thomas

Roundtable discussion

A Remote Corner of Aztlan: Mexican Americans and other Latinos in Utah, 1900-2000

Jorge Iber, associate professor of history, Texas Tech

Poetry Presentation - 'Aztecs in the US'

Recited by Jonathan Wade

The Universidad Hispana: Educating Hispanics in Utah

Arturo De Hoyos, president, Universidad Hispana

Facing Challenges and Navigating in the American Financial System

Gladys Gonzalez, founder and current publisher and editor, Mundo Hispano

Latinos and the Law

Laina Arras, associate editor of BYU Education and Law Journal, BYU

Defending Latino Culture

Leticia Medina, Utah Office of Hispanic Affairs

The Maturing of the Oak: The Dynamics of Latter-day Saint Growth in Latin America

Mark L. Grover, Latin American studies bibliographer, Harold B. Lee Library, BYU

Household Behavior in the Presence of Economical Crisis: Evidence from Argentina

Norman K. Thurston, assistant professor of economics, BYU

The Cross and the Tree; the Arch and the Cave: Art and Theater as Tools of Conversion in Sixteenth-Century Mexico

Samuel Y. Edgerton, Jr., professor of art history, Williams College, Massachusetts

The Miracle of Brazil: The Historical and Modern Church in Brazil

Elder Flavio Cooper, member of the Fourth Quorum of the Seventy and Brazil South Area Authority

Biodiversity of the Amazon

Keith A. Crandall, assistant professor of zoology, BYU