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The Latin American Studies Program facilitates learning about Latin America. It blends the Cornell curriculum, functional pathways bringing together students from diverse colleges, and fruitful collaborations with other institutions in the US and Latin American countries. LASP enriches formal instruction with experiential learning abroad, film and seminar series, visiting scholars, sponsored events, faculty and student research, and ready access to scholarly resources through campus repositories and loan programs.

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Law School report targets Argentine women prisoners

Women and their families are disproportionately affected by the harsh penalties imposed for low-level drug offences in Argentina, according to a report by the Cornell Law School’s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic, the University of Chicago Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic and the public defender’s office in Argentina.


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Video: Norman Turkish (1956, MBA 1960) Interviews Ricardo Martinelli, President of Panama

This interview was recorded at Cornell Institute of Public Affairs as part of President Martinelli's visit to Cornell University to give a talk entitled, "Development in Panama."

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Former LASP featured undergraduate and founder of the Alma Sana changing the world, offers internship opportunities to Cornell students.

AlmaSana taglineLauren Braun '11 was a featured undergraduate at LASP's minor recognition event and symposium, where she spoke about an immunization reminder bracelet project that has since bloomed into the Alma Sana project.

First Month Anniversary for the Students of Academia do Brazil em Cornell

LASP - ABCIthaca, February 20, 2013:  Today marks the first month anniversary on the Cornell campus for students of Academia do Brazil em Cornell (ABC). The month has been filled with a lot of firsts for both the students and staff of the new program, from their first snowfall to their construction of snow sculptures in Ithaca.  Thanks to Julie Simmons-Lynch, the Associate Director of ABC, the students joined most Americans on the first Sunday of this month to watch the Super Bowl.   For the next two weeks, students in the program will be taking their first prelims and lining up their first internships in the United States.

¡CULTURA! Storyteller Series - video

The series features a guest storyteller representing a different Latin American country each session who will share a historic, folkloric, or personal tale from that country as well as an artistic activity that relates to the story.  Events will be held every Sunday from January 27 through March 3 in the Thaler/Howells Children's Programming Room at the Tompkins County Public Library.  Please click "Read more" to view a video, and download the attached flyer for more details.