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The new issue of the Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies is now available online. Table of Contents

From the Review: CLAS Chair Harley Shaiken looks at 15 years of the U.S.–Mexico Futures Forum.

With CLAS chair Harley Shaiken, President Lagos meets with Jerry Brown (left), governor of California, on renewable energy and climate change. More on Lagos visit

Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil 2011-16, greets the audience at her talk on challenges to democracy.  Video, photos, and more

CLAS Highlights

- On the CLAS blog: Scholars from diverse fields and backgrounds share their perspectives to President Rousseff's talk at UC Berkeley"

- Claudia Leal on the difficult transition from slavery to freedom, and the role of geography in supporting it

- Definitions of the nation and their role in thinking about migrants and refugees in Latin America 

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Rousseff at Berkeley

CLAS Chair Harley Shaiken and Dilma Rousseff tour campus. (Photo by Tom Levy.)
Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil 2011-16, visited Berkeley to speak on the challenges to democracy in her country. Video, photos, and more

Botero "Abu Ghraib" at BAM

Agony in Effigy, on display at the Berkeley Art Museum. (Photo by Beatriz Manz.)
Berkeley Art Museum features nine of Fernando Botero's Abu Ghraib drawings. (See also: Botero on "Abu Ghraib and Berkeley)

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