{"id":2920,"date":"2026-07-07T23:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T23:30:28","slug":"frontiers-of-green-capitalism-in-latin-america-a-conversation-with-thea-riofrancos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/latinam\/news\/frontiers-of-green-capitalism-in-latin-america-a-conversation-with-thea-riofrancos\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontiers of Green Capitalism in Latin America: A Conversation with Thea RioFrancos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students from Jackson School Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/people\/vanessa-freije\/\">Vanessa Freije<\/a>&#8216;s Spring 2026 Latin American Studies Seminar (JSIS A 492) sat down with <a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/search?q=thea+riofrancos&amp;sca_esv=b2e5da9dfdb7adff&amp;sxsrf=APpeQntc_wwuq9LKraBxAid5kO-g3MvbEw%3A1783466678949&amp;source=hp&amp;ei=topNap6SN4OO0PEP2_myoQ8&amp;iflsig=ABILxe8AAAAAak2Yxjf6TI6QewctFf1_0qzPk977P42C&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiexfWO28GVAxUDBzQIHdu8LPQQ4dUDCC8&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=thea+riofrancos&amp;gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6Ig90aGVhIHJpb2ZyYW5jb3MyBRAuGIAEMgUQLhiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeMgYQABgWGB4yBhAAGBYYHjIGEAAYFhgeSLkOUABY4AxwAHgAkAEAmAFSoAHQB6oBAjE1uAEDyAEA-AEBmAIPoAKDCMICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMYxwEY0QPCAg4QLhiABBiKBRixAxiDAcICDhAAGIAEGIoFGLEDGIMBwgILEC4YgAQYsQMYgwHCAhEQLhiABBixAxiDARjHARjRA8ICCBAuGIAEGLEDwgIIEAAYgAQYsQPCAgsQABiABBixAxjJA8ICCBAAGIAEGJIDwgILEAAYgAQYigUYkgPCAg4QLhiABBjHARivARiOBcICCxAuGIAEGMcBGK8BwgINEC4YrwEYxwEYgAQYCsICDBAuGIAEGAoYCxixA8ICCxAuGK8BGMcBGIAEwgIMEAAYgAQYChgLGLEDwgIPEAAYgAQYChgLGLEDGIMBmAMAkgcCMTWgB7y5AbIHAjE1uAeDCMIHBjAuMTEuNMgHI4AIAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\">Thea Riofrancos<\/a>, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College.<\/p>\n<p>In conversation with Catalina Caputo, Guadalupe Gonzalez Orozco, Marcus Goodbody, Yunue Moore, and Mary Jose Ortega Ortiz, Riofrancos discuss her recent book,\u00a0<em>Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism<\/em>, and offers Riofrancos offers insights into lithium mining and the landscape for environmental justice in Latin America.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full episode <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/uwjacksonschool\/frontiers-of-green-capitalism?si=1a44e69f5a92496eaf3e437a0b7110ae&amp;utm_source=clipboard&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=social_sharing\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students from Jackson School Professor Vanessa Freije&#8216;s Spring 2026 Latin American Studies Seminar (JSIS A 492) sat down with Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College. 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