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Cold War and Coups d'état in Latin America (70 years after the coup d'état in Bolivia 1952)

Although the 19th century and specially the 20th century in Europe can be interpreted as an era of major interstate wars raised between the Nation-states of that particular continent, the 200 years of independent life of the Latin-American nation-states, and particularly the 20th century, are characterized by the series of interstate conflicts: civil wars, guerrillas, coups d´état and dictatorial-military governments.

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Social change and transitions in Latin America. Interdisciplinary approaches

The Center for Advanced Latin American Studies (CALAS) is characterized for an interdisciplinary collaboration between Social sciences and Humanities, therefore it has been proposed to carry out transdisciplinary lines of research through the continuous interaction amongst diverse topics: violence and peace, social inequities, ecological crises, identities, political change, etcetera. In order to promote this collaboration, CALAS has created a space where a series of convergences and divergences between humanities and social sciences.

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CALAS Guest Chair Germany: Bielefeld & Kassel

The Maria Sibylla Merian Center for Advanced Latin American Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (CALAS) in conjunction with the universities of Bielefeld and Kassel would like to announce a grant for the position of Visiting Professor from the CALAS Guest Chair Germany. The program is jointly organized by the Center of Interamerican Studies at the University of Bielefeld (CIAS) and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Kassel (CELA).

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Elites, Inequality and Wealth in Latin America

With the onset of the pandemic, poverty and inequality have also grown drastically in Latin America. The UN commission CEPAL predicts a social development regression of almost three decades. But not only misery has increased. At the same time, the number of the richest and super-rich has also increased significantly during COVID-19. It becomes clear that Latin America's problem is not scarcity of resources, but the insufficient distribution of these resources.

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The Rich Latin America: Tax Justice for Greater Social Equality?

Latin America is not `underdeveloped', hostage to the world market or victim of bad governance, as many assume and claim. Rather, the subcontinent is one of the richest regions in the world and has enormous amounts of natural goods, raw materials and accumulated money. Latin America's problem is not a scarcity of resources, but the inadequate distribution of these resources. The richest and wealthiest in the region are not held accountable by politics and society to make their contribution to social and economic development: Latin America has the lowest tax rate worldwide.

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