María Laura Veramendi García

The world's most unpopular president? Peru's leader clings to power With an approval rating of just two percent, Peru's President Dina Boluarte may be the world's most unpopular leader, according to pollsters.

More info about “the worrisome political context”: www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Here, Maya, with her Peruvian skirt, watching the video of a show with beautiful music and dances of the country: youtu.be/2a79r5c5Ous?...

…continuity of colonial legacies that harm Peruvian society (corruption, stratification, unsustainable extractivism, etc.)
Still, happy to have a day to celebrate the beautiful things about Peru and to motivate myself to keep researching it.

Yesterday was Peru’s Independence Day. We celebrated with lots of Peruvian food, music, and clothing.
Exposing my daughter to her Peruvian roots fills my heart with joy. At the same time, this celebration felt bitter. It happened amidst a worrisome political context, to say the least, and the…

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...as I am very interested in this topic!

I also know of two scholars from the Global South who have worked on this topic (again, from a broader perspective, one that encompasses hospitals by paying attention to a healthcare system's private-public mix). Let me know if you're interested in this information. I will stay tuned...

...continental Europe and explores the public-private mix of healthcare systems (which includes the consideration of business interests that ultimately relate to the operation of private hospitals). It includes country case studies that might offer insights or references on what you're looking for.

Hola! I saw your question a few days ago, and kept thinking about it as I study the role of private sector interests in healthcare (and education). I have also not seen anything exclusively related to hospitals. However, relatively recently (2021), Immergut edited a volume that focuses on...

Songs that I had to play on repeat today, per the orders of my 4yo:
Blueberry Island, by The Julie Ruin
Funky Town, by Lipps Inc.
Take on me, by A-ha.

It was a good day 🙂

If I don’t text back, call back, or email back, it is because I am in hardcore IQMR-prep mode (not as a participant anymore 🤓, but as a coordinator 😎)
Two more days to go! 🔥

“Matan a la gente, pero no matan a la idea”.

It’s all about that line.

El Padre Antonio y El Monaguillo Andrés Rubén Blades · Todos Vuelven Live Volume 1 · Song · 2011

Not sure why but every time I listen to this song I’m like “I’m playing this in a Latin American Politics class”
open.spotify.com/track/3sN2w3...

Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins Abstract. This article examines how cultural frameworks shape interpretations of women’s experiences of violence. Based on 16 months of ethnographic fieldw

Proud to share my first article from my dissertation research in Callao, Peru (my hometown). The article shows how cultural frameworks about gender & race shape how violence against women is interpreted, revealing how community & state actors’ meanings of violence sustain structural inequality.

‘The pope is Peruvian’: elation in country where pontiff served as bishop Leo XIV celebrated as second Latin American pope having spent many years in Peru’s church

“I think this is a good thing for Peru. It’s like winning the World Cup!”

Share, please 🙂 (para las que ya no estamos en X). Solo vi el meme con la camiseta peruana

American-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost is elected pope The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru’s poorest enclave and even became a naturalized citizen there.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.

The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.

OK, a Peruvian Pope was not in my bingo card but here we are. Wild times!

Notably, Prevost is easily the least typical "American Catholic" of the American cardinals. He was Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) and a veteran of the curia, and he's much more aligned with Pope Francis than with the other prominent American bishops.

🇻🇦El cardenal Robert Prevost fue elegido en el cargo de máximo representante de la Iglesia Católica. El nuevo Papa, quien tomó el nombre de León XIV es de origen estadounidense y cuenta con nacionalidad peruana.

Peruvians are going crazy right now, especially those from Chiclayo, on the country's northern coast (check details of the new Pope’s bio).
I have a million issues with the Catholic Church, but this is a joy my country very much needed 🙂

Recently, someone suggested that I stop studying the politics of healthcare: “It's too complicated.”
I'm sorry, I can’t. This piece is an excellent, unfortunate example of why I can’t ignore such a problematic topic in the US, my country, and other parts of the world.

I call her with a nickname. She said she likes it. And always asks how my day is going.

Hoy en las aventuras de Maya Papaya: conociendo el Atlántico 🙃

A leer.

Happy work-from-home day to those who celebrate (me ☺️).
(Much needed time to work from the couch, in front of flowers and a candle, and with Debussy’s melodies filling the air 🎵)

Starting, soon, at the @maxwellsu.bsky.social Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs 👇🤓

+ Watkins Glen, for more peace of mind 🍃

+ baking therapy 🍓 (for my mother-in-law 😌)