Paulo Drinot

How’s this for an elevator pitch?: A disgraced New York property developer who is inexplicably elected president of the United States not once but twice starts a war that collapses the world economy to cover up his role in a global sex trafficking ring involving a successor to the English throne.

New blog post: "The Anti-Monumentas and the Politics of Public Space in Mexico City" by Fernando Gutierrez, written on a pale sage background with a photo of Hemiciclo a Benito Juárez.

BLOG POST: The Anti-Monumentas and the Politics of Public Space in Mexico City

Fernando Gutiérrez discusses findings from his PhD thesis, part of which was published in the research article ‘Feminists versus monuments? From protests to anti-monuments in Mexico City’

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If you go back in time far enough this could mean Make America Mexico Again (MAMA). And further still Make America Spain Again (MASA). Intriguing.

New UCL Institute of the Americas blog post:

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En 20 años fuimos de ALBA a BALA

Must be one of those feelosophy conferences

La política en la última dictadura Podcast Episode · Historiar Podcast · 6 March · 1h 6m

This podcast, from the Argentine Association of History Researchers, is invariably excellent: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Mansfield pitch looks ready for fallowing once the potato crop is harvested. #arsenal

Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules Landmark ruling in Celia Ramos case finds 310,000 women, most Indigenous, were targeted in brutal 1990s campaign

Peruvian state responsible for mother’s death in forced sterilisation, court rules

Trump collapsing the global capitalist order. Can he do no wrong?

Histories of Disability in Latin America Reframing disability, power, and identity in Latin America's complex histories.Histories of Disability in Latin America offers a sweeping reexamination of disability's place in the region's past, brin...

Today is the publication day of this volume, with chapters by Bianca Premo, Adam Warren et moi on Peru. A terrific collection. Check it out. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

Hernando de Soto, el breve

Undergraduate Choose either the History and Politics of the Americas BA or the History and Politics of the Americas with a year abroad BA.

An indomitable Gaullish village of a degree: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

New blog post: "Explaining Human Rights Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Exercise in Thoughtful Wishing – Part I" by Par Engstrom, written on a pale sage background with a photo of Par.

BLOG POST

In this post, the first of two, Par Engstrom, Associate Professor of Human Rights, reflects on human rights trends in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of his work advising the European Parliament.

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Pésimo y no sé pero ahí conversando vemos si nos levantamos el anímo

Declan - you numpty

Buen viaje Willie Colón. El único Colón que se merece una estatua.

Insert [by pursuing state capitalism], surely.

The Shitheads at the Royal Court. Disappointing. Good props, engaging actors, but didn’t make me care. If violence is your topic, perhaps politics rather than nature is the way to go? Theatre was boiling hot which didn’t help.

‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think

British universities are great; British capitalism is rubbish.

www.ft.com/content/649d... ‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question

Volume 106 Issue 1 | Hispanic American Historical Review | Duke University Press

Hot off the digital press at @dukepress.bsky.social: the newest issue of HAHR. read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/issue/1...

New book - festschrift for Kevin Middlebrook

That’s on Arteta. Had the team playing for the 2-1 for the last 15 minutes.

Pathetic

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We have one

Del vladivideo al chifagate: el Perú problema sin posibilidad

Peru changing presidents more frequently than Tottenham change managers.