The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies welcomes Liliana Paredes , Professor of the Practice in the Department of Romance Studies, as new faculty director, taking the place of Ambassador Patrick Duddy who recently stepped down after...
The Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies will present an engaging webinar, "Haiti Crisis: Prospects for Peace Building," at 4 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 .
The virtual webinar, which is free and open to the public...
Patrick Cheney is the Senior Program Coordinator for the Duke Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies where he coordinates the undergraduate and graduate certificates. He received an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of...
Duke faculty, staff and students wrote more than 250 opinion pieces in 2022 that appeared in media outlets as close to home as the Triangle and as far away as China. These scholars tackled some of the most dynamic issues...
“Things are never so bad that they can’t get worse,” is the kind of humorous fatalism William Neuman encountered in Venezuela while he was a New York Times bureau chief for the Andes region from 2012 to 2016.
By Patrick Duddy in The National Interest Allowing long-term diplomatic vacancies does not advance U.S. interests and sends a message of indifference to countries that are important to our own well-being and prosperity.
Twenty-two years ago this month, a towering figure in Haiti was gunned down outside the radio station he ran. Even today, Jean Dominique is a household name for Haitians. His station, called “Radio Haiti” was unique. It was on the air for decades...
Our beloved colleague, teacher, and friend, Diane M. Nelson, has died. We mourn her passing with love, and with admiration for her way of living and scholarship.
Larry Bellorín is a construction worker by day, but an accomplished musician in his home country Venezuela. During the opening of the exhibit, he had traded his hard hat for a llanero hat as his fingers delicately plucked the harp, played the...
