In her new book entitled “Citizens of Scandal: Journalism, Secrecy, and the Politics of Reckoning in Mexico” published by Duke University Press, on Oct. 15, 2020, Jackson School Assistant Professor Vanessa Freije explores the causes and consequences of political scandals in Mexico from the 1960s through the 1980s. Freije has appeared in media as a commentator on

LACS Chair Tony Lucero, LACS Assistant Director Monica Rojas-Stewart, graduate student Adriana Velasco, Seattle Latino Film Festival Executive Development Director Nari Weaver converse with Argentinian film director Martin Weber about his film “Mapa de sueños latinoamericanos” (Map of Latin American Dreams) Video of conversation here Map of Latin American Dreams Trailer Between 1992 and 2013

Angelina Godoy, chair of the University of Washington Center for Human Rights which is housed in the Jackson School, and Tony Lucero, Jackson School professor and chair of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, are among 32 faculty members from the Tacoma, Bothell and Seattle campuses who received the UW Latinx Faculty Recognition honor this year by the UW

Hi, my name is Tanya, I am a Latina student at the University of Washington passionate about human rights and all things Latin America. These uncertain times prompted by COVID-19 have highlighted many pre-existing human rights issues and brought to light new ones, globally. My focus for this page is on Mexico, where I will

In the NACLA Report on the Americas, one of the premier sites for in-depth reporting and analysis on the Americas regions that serves as a bridge between academic researchers and the public, Jackson faculty Vanessa Freije and Daniel Bessner co-edit the March 2020 issue titled “A People’s Policy for the Americas,” with contributions by Jackson School Latin American & Caribbean Studies faculty Angelina Godoy and Tony

‘Secret and unaccountable’: Where some immigrant teens are being taken by ICE Blake Ellis-Profile-ImageMelanie Hicken By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN Updated 6:12 AM ET, Thu October 24, 2019 (CNN)Angelina Godoy started digging for answers more than a year ago. The human rights researcher had heard that ICE agents occasionally swept up migrant kids

“Here at Fundación Arias, I am on a research team investigating ammunition trafficking throughout Latin America. I’ve been creating a database of the quantity and caliber of ammunitions seized by police in each Latin American country with the goal to articulate which calibers are the most commonly used and trafficked. The Foundation, along with other organizations