Rafael Archondo and Isabel Siles’ Sobre un barril de pólvora, is a comprehensive review of the former president’s life, Hernan Siles Zuazo (1913-1996). He was one of the founding members of the nationalist revolutionary party (MNR) in 1942. He was elected two times as president (1956-1960 and 1982-1985), and his role was vital to consolidate revolu…

Dr. Sarah Hines explores residents of Cochabamba struggle for access to water that is linked to broader historical processes such as the dispossession and dismantling of indigenous communities in the 19th century, the Bolivian revolution of 1952, and the dictatorships of the 1960s and 1970s.Her book argues that the Cochabambinos defeated privatizat…

Dr. Nicole Pacino is an associate professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Nicole has studied the effects of the policies of the 1952 Revolution on rural health, particularly on indigenous women. Her work shows how maternity was a central axis of the nationalist policies of the MNR that strived to create/consolidate the nation.…

Elizabeth Shesko argues that conscription evolved into a pact between the state and society. It was not only imposed from above but also embraced from below because it provided a space for Bolivians across divides of education, ethnicity, and social class to negotiate their relationships with each other and the state.Shesko contends that state form…

Kevin Young traces the history of Bolivian struggles over mineral and hydrocarbon resources, highlighting the complex legacies of Bolivia’s 1952 revolution.His work also revolves around the various economic projects that party officials, political party leaders, activists, urban factory workers, university students, and mine workers proposed to add…

Dr. Natalie Kimball analyzes the politics of abortion and reproductive rights in Bolivia from the mid-twentieth century to the present. They focus on the cities of La Paz and El Alto, exploring this open secret that brings to light the complex relationship of Bolivian nationalist, military, neoliberal, and leftist governments with women’s reproduct…

Elena McGrath explores how culture and material conditions create revolutionary conditions. In this interview, Elena helps us understand how the lives of mine workers and their families changed after the revolution.Elena demonstrates that the revolution brought the mine workers and their families an unprecedented sense of citizenship that did not l…

Dr. Thomas Field, author of *From Development to Dictatorship: Bolivia and the Alliance for Progress in the Kennedy Era,* discusses the fall of the Revolution in 1964 and the accession to power of General René Barrientos. He argues that, unlike other military regimes, Barrientos did not reverse the most prominent conquests of the Revolution.His int…

Dr. José Gordillo studies the role of the peasants in the 1952 Bolivian Revolution. His book is an ethnography of local political struggle, adding to an increasingly rich literature on the revolution that seeks to understand revolutionary political dynamics from below.Av SECOLAS

En este episodio escuchamos al politólogo Rafael Britto quien fue además parte de la campaña del ahora presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro. Britto nos habla de las condiciones, de las oportunidades, y de los desafíos que enfrentará este nuevo gobierno de izquierda en América Latina.Av SECOLAS

La Dra. Sarah T. Hines habla con Carmen de la lucha social por el acceso al agua y la ingeniería hidráulica en Bolivia desde finales del siglo XIX hasta principios del XXI.book - https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520381643/water-for-allwebsite - https://www.ou.edu/cas/history/people/faculty/sarah-hines…

Dr. Michael Bustamante joined Steven to discuss his book *Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile*.Michael J. Bustamante is Associate Professor of History and the Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies.https://people.miami.edu/profile/m.bustamante@miami.eduhttps://uncpress.org/book/9781469662039/cu…

En este episodio tenemos el placer de escuchar al etnohistoriador Amos Megged quien nos habla desde la Universidad de Haifa (Israel) para hablar sobre su ultimo libro *Rituals and Sisterhoods* que explora las historias de mujeres solteras, plebeyas, y jefas de hogar en el Mexico Colonial.Av SECOLAS

Today Dustin welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Schwall to the podcast to talk about the relationship between dance and politics in Cuba. An interdisciplinary scholar of Latin American history and dance, Schwall is the author of Dancing with the Revolution: Power, Politics, and Privilege in Cuba (University of North Carolina Press, 2021). She explains the vari…

Dr. Lina Britto joins Steven to discuss her book *Marijuana Boom: The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise*.Av SECOLAS

En un episodio especial, la Dra. Lina Britto recibe a la Dra. Carmen Soliz de Historias. Hablan del nuevo libro de Carmen *Fields of Revolution: Agrarian Reform and Rural State Formation in Bolivia, 1935-1964.*Que disfruten.Book: https://upittpress.org/books/9780822946656/Carmen: https://history.charlotte.edu/people/dr-carmen-soliz…

La antropologa Ana Ramos-Zayas habla de su nuevo libro *Parenting Empires: Whiteness, Class, and the Moral Economy of Privilege in Latin America * con Carmen.https://americanstudies.yale.edu/people/ana-ramos-zayashttps://www.dukeupress.edu/parenting-empiresAv SECOLAS

Dr. Rafael Ocasio, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish at Agnes Scott University, joined Steven to discuss his new anthology *Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico*.https://www.agnesscott.edu/directory/faculty/ocasio-rafael.htmlhttps://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/folk-stories-from-the-hills-of-puerto-rico-cuentos-folkloricos-de-las-mon…

Dr. Sharika Crawford of the US Naval Academy joins Steven to discuss her book *The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making*.https://www.usna.edu/History/Faculty/Crawford.phphttps://uncpress.org/book/9781469660219/the-last-turtlemen-of-the-caribbean/Intro: https://youtu.be/fDrJPM9m_Ss…

Dr. Joshua Frens-String habla de su libro *Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile* con Carmen.https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343375/hungry-for-revolutionAv SECOLAS

Our Fall season finale has arrived! Today, Steven and Dustin welcome Dr. Jenny Pribble to the program to explain Chile’s presidential election. Dr. Pribble is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at the University of Richmond, and the author of Welfare and Party Politics in Latin America. Join us for a wonderful conversation …

The end of 2021 brings with us a busy season of elections in Latin America. In today’s episode, Dr. Christine Wade walks Dustin through November’s presidential election in Honduras, which saw the triumph of Xiomara Castro. Join us for a fascinating and informative conversation!Av SECOLAS

Today’s episode features an entertaining and illuminating conversation about Mexico, the United States, and drugs, between Steven and Dr. Benjamin T. Smith of the University of Warwick. Smith is the author of the new book, The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade, which analyzes a series of issues surrounding the drug trade going back m…

Gabriel Thoumi CFA, FRM, Director of Financial Markets and Head of the Plastics Programme at Planet Tracker, joined Steven to discuss his work in aligning capital markets with planetary boundaries. They discuss the urgency of tackling climate change, the environmental and health challenges caused by the production and use of plastics, and the impor…

On November 7, 2021, Daniel Ortega won his fourth consecutive term as president of Nicaragua in an election roundly assailed as both unfree and unfair. Prior to election day, the Nicaraguan state incarcerated presidential candidates from opposition parties and leaders and activists from a variety of social movements and civil society organizations.…

Our ongoing series on Latin America’s Cold War continues, returning to Chile. Dustin sat down with Dr. James Lockhart, Assistant Professor of History at Zayed University, to talk about his book, Chile, the CIA and the Cold War: A Transatlantic Perspective (Edinburgh University Press, 2019). Lockhart explains the importance of situating Latin Americ…

Steven welcomed Dr. John French to the program to talk about his new book, Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil. Their highly engaging conversation touched on themes of labor, gender, social movements, and politics. The pair also discussed the opportunities that exist for well-constructed biographies, and Eric H…

Dr. Irina Popescu joins Steven to discuss her latest article entitled "Memorialization and Escraches: Ni una Menos and the documentation of Feminicidio in Argentina," published recently in The Latin Americanist.More about Irina - https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/ipopescu/index.htmlHer article - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/805479…

Dustin welcomed Dr. Alan Shane Dillingham onto the podcast to talk about his new book, Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico. He was treated to a wide-ranging conversation touching on numerous themes in indigenous, Mexican, and modern Latin American history. Enjoy!…

La historiadora Dra. Lina Britto habla de su libro nuevo que se llama *Marijuana Boom The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise* con Carmen Soliz.Que disfruten.https://history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core-faculty/lina-britto.htmlhttps://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520325470/marijuana-boomIntro: Diomedes Díaz - Lluvia De Verano - htt…

In today’s episode, Steven welcomed Dr. Bill Cohoon to the podcast to talk about his article, “Los caminos borbónicos y el esfuerzo por mejorar la infraestructura de comunicaciones en el Perú, 1718-1809.” Along the way, they discuss the opportunities that come with teaching at the secondary level in a preparatory school with a Ph.D., and maintainin…

Dr. Frederico Freitas joined Carlos to discuss his book *Nationalizing Nature: Iguazu Falls and National Parks at the Brazil-Argentina Border*.Av SECOLAS

Dr. Sarah Osten and Dr. Jurgen Buchenau joined Steven to discuss the first three years of Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's presidency and the recent midterm elections.Av SECOLAS

Las historiadoras Carmen Soliz y Anna Cant comparan los procesos agrarios que tuvieron lugar en Bolivia y Perú en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Un diálogo que nos ayuda a entender el rol de los campesinos así como de dos gobiernos progresistas en su intento por reestructurar la estructura de la propiedad.El libro de Carmen - https://upittpress.org…

Dr. Joshua Frens-String discusses with Dustin his new book *Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile*.Book link: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343375/hungry-for-revolutionAv SECOLAS

Dr. Mauro Caraccioli of Virginia Tech joined Steven to discuss his book entitled *Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire*, which examines the interplay of faith, nature, and empire in Colonial Spanish America and the natural histories produced by early modern Spanish missionaries to the New World. In so d…

Dr. Michele McArdle Stephens joined Steven to discuss her book *In the Lands of Fire and Sun: Resistance and Accommodation in the Huichol Sierra, 1723–1930*.Link to her book: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803288584/Link to Intro / Outro: Huichol Musical - https://youtu.be/ABL1xc_oEtE…

Smith College's Dr. Javier Puente joined Steven to discuss the Peru's presidential runoff election between Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori this past Sunday.Check out Javier's article on Pedro Castillo from April - https://nacla.org/peru-elections-pedro-castilloIntro and Outro - Martina Portocarrero - Flor de la retama - Musica Ayacuchana - https:…

24 March 2021 marked the 45th anniversary of the coup that launched Argentina’s most violent period of military rule. From 1976-1983, the armed forces and their civilian allies ruled through terror. The dictatorship became notorious for its gross violations of human rights and the economic and social crises it provoked. When democracy was restored …

Dustin welcomed Dr. Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, onto the podcast to talk about her book, Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador. The two discuss social movements and the politics of resource extraction, especially on the left. They also consider the ongoing sign…

Dr. Lina Britto of Northwestern University and Dr. Steven Taylor of Troy University joined Steven to discuss the ongoing social mobilizations and street protests across Colombia.Intro - Métricas Frías & Deejohend - Su Propia Medicina - https://youtu.be/xC7Sj06Ha6EOutro - Edson Velandia & Adriana Lizcano - Todo Regalao -https://youtu.be/0LLIkGUwIr4P…

In this week’s episode, Steven welcomes back to the program Dr. Juan José Ponce Vázquez, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama and the winner of the 2021 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award from SECOLAS. The duo talk about the book, Islanders and Empire: Smuggling and Political Defiance in Hispaniola, 1580-1690, and the challenges and…

Dr. William Booth, the author of “Rethinking Latin America’s Cold War” published in The Historical Journal, joined Steven and Dustin to, well, rethink Latin America’s Cold War. They examine the historiography of the Cold War in Latin America before discussing the long and layered history of conflict in the region. Dr. Booth also gives us a preview …

Steven welcomes Dr. Jennifer Adair back to the program to talk about her book, In Search of the Lost Decade: Everyday Rights in Post-Dictatorship Argentina. In addition to considering the experience of transitioning from an era of state terror to one of neoliberalism, the two discuss the study of memory, globalization, and authoritarianism. They al…

Dustin talked about some of his favorite subjects – including economic development, supranational institutions, and global governance – with one of the sharpest minds in the field, Dr. Christy Thornton. Thornton takes us through the key arguments in her new book, Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy. The two al…

Anthropologist Dr. Liliana Duica joined Steven to discuss her research on landmines and their removal in Colombia. In her studies, she developed the concept of the 'regularization of irregularity' to explore how these artifacts were and are understood. They also discuss ethnographic methods and her surprising find of weaponry handbooks produced and…

La historiadora Dra. Michelle Chase habla de su libro *Revolution within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, 1952-1962* con Carmen Soliz.Av SECOLAS

Steven welcomes Alyssa Bowen, a Ph.D. candidate in Global History at the University of North Carolina to the program to talk about her research into the Chile transnational solidarity movements of the 1970s and 1980s. The two chat about Bowen’s article, “”Taking in the Broad Spectrum’: Human Rights and Anti-Politics in the Chile Solidarity Campaign…

Our State of the Field series returns – this time focusing on tourism! Join Carlos as he chats with Drs. Anadelia Romo, Elizabeth Manley, and Andrew Grant Wood about their recent anthology, The Business of Leisure: Tourism History in Latin America and the Caribbean. The group surveys a wide variety of important themes, including the business of tou…

Dr. Joaquín Chávez habla de su libro *Poets and Prophets of the Resistance: Intellectuals and the Origins of El Salvador's Civil War* con Carmen. El libro analiza la movilización urbana y rural previa a la guerra civil en el Salvador.Que disfruten.Av SECOLAS