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...visiting professor in Latin American studies at the Kennedy School, Alejandro Poire, said that Calderón is seen as “a reformer and as a competent man,” and that this would be an interesting election...
...quickening pace of globalization. His acting on these beliefs has led, for example, to the bolstering of the Broad Institute, the planning of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and the establishment of the Harvard Initiative for Global Health and a Chilean office of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. It was his brazen trumpeting of these priorities that increased his popularity with students and with a public uninterested in the more esoteric aspects of academia...
It’s a really great opportunity for the students, and for me as well, as we push further into the semester with contemporary issues of Latin American history. When we get into things with more contemporary relevance, it’ll be great to hear more about his experiences. He’s very approachable and really a great person. After our first meeting he found out that I studied Colombian history and he was very generous with his time talking to me. I’m looking forward to getting to work with him and learn from...
...conqueror stammered “teteroromamanunudadatetelalatete,” roughly translatable from the Latin as, “I’ll crush you Rome, with my bare hands! Hand over your spears. Hide...
DIED. RAY BARRETTO, 76, Grammy-winning "godfather" of Latin jazz; in Hackensack, N.J. Renowned for integrating the conga into jazz, he decided to become a musician after hearing a Dizzy Gillespie recording featuring Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo. In 1961 Barretto recorded the boogaloo tune El Watusi, among the few Latin jazz songs to hit the Billboard charts. Named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, he formed a decades-long partnership with the Latin pop label Fania, where he popularized salsa music...