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On November 7, 2021, Daniel Ortega won his fourth consecutive term as president of Nicaragua in an election roundly assailed as both unfree and unfair. Prior to election day, the Nicaraguan state incarcerated presidential candidates from opposition parties and leaders and activists from a variety of social movements and civil society organizations. Steven spoke with Dr. Eline Van Ommen to better understand how to understand the results and what it means for democracy in Nicaragua. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/history/staff/3345/dr-eline-van-ommen

Our ongoing series on Latin America’s Cold War continues, returning to Chile. Dustin sat down with Dr. James Lockhart, Assistant Professor of History at Zayed University, to talk about his book, Chile, the CIA and the Cold War: A Transatlantic Perspective (Edinburgh University Press, 2019). Lockhart explains the importance of situating Latin America’s Cold War into the story of the Global Cold War. The two also discuss the challenges of studying the history of covert action. Enjoy!

Steven welcomed Dr. John French to the program to talk about his new book, Lula and His Politics of Cunning: From Metalworker to President of Brazil. Their highly engaging conversation touched on themes of labor, gender, social movements, and politics. The pair also discussed the opportunities that exist for well-constructed biographies, and Eric Hobsbawn’s interest in Latin America. Have a listen!

Dr. Irina Popescu joins Steven to discuss her latest article entitled "Memorialization and Escraches: Ni una Menos and the documentation of Feminicidio in Argentina," published recently in The Latin Americanist. More about Irina - https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/ipopescu/index.html Her article - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/805479

Dustin welcomed Dr. Alan Shane Dillingham onto the podcast to talk about his new book, Oaxaca Resurgent: Indigeneity, Development, and Inequality in Twentieth-Century Mexico. He was treated to a wide-ranging conversation touching on numerous themes in indigenous, Mexican, and modern Latin American history. Enjoy!

La historiadora Dra. Lina Britto habla de su libro nuevo que se llama *Marijuana Boom The Rise and Fall of Colombia's First Drug Paradise* con Carmen Soliz. Que disfruten. https://history.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core-faculty/lina-britto.html https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520325470/marijuana-boom Intro: Diomedes Díaz - Lluvia De Verano - https://youtu.be/BiM3c2Dh78k Outro: Los Hermanos Zuleta - Soy Parrandero Y Que - https://youtu.be/UiJBA5dYAz0

In today’s episode, Steven welcomed Dr. Bill Cohoon to the podcast to talk about his article, “Los caminos borbónicos y el esfuerzo por mejorar la infraestructura de comunicaciones en el Perú, 1718-1809.” Along the way, they discuss the opportunities that come with teaching at the secondary level in a preparatory school with a Ph.D., and maintaining an active research agenda. Enjoy!

Dr. Frederico Freitas joined Carlos to discuss his book *Nationalizing Nature: Iguazu Falls and National Parks at the Brazil-Argentina Border*.

Dr. Sarah Osten and Dr. Jurgen Buchenau joined Steven to discuss the first three years of Mexico's Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's presidency and the recent midterm elections.

Las historiadoras Carmen Soliz y Anna Cant comparan los procesos agrarios que tuvieron lugar en Bolivia y Perú en la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Un diálogo que nos ayuda a entender el rol de los campesinos así como de dos gobiernos progresistas en su intento por reestructurar la estructura de la propiedad. El libro de Carmen - https://upittpress.org/books/9780822946656/ El libro de Anna - https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/cant-land-without-masters

Dr. Joshua Frens-String discusses with Dustin his new book *Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile*. Book link: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520343375/hungry-for-revolution

Dr. Mauro Caraccioli of Virginia Tech joined Steven to discuss his book entitled *Writing the New World: The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire*, which examines the interplay of faith, nature, and empire in Colonial Spanish America and the natural histories produced by early modern Spanish missionaries to the New World. In so doing, Dr. Caraccioli documents how philosophical wonder was used to broaden empirical knowledge of the New World as well as guide conquest and colonization. link to Mauro's book - https://upf.com/book.asp?id=9781683401681

Dr. Michele McArdle Stephens joined Steven to discuss her book *In the Lands of Fire and Sun: Resistance and Accommodation in the Huichol Sierra, 1723–1930*. Link to her book: https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803288584/ Link to Intro / Outro: Huichol Musical - https://youtu.be/ABL1xc_oEtE

Smith College's Dr. Javier Puente joined Steven to discuss the Peru's presidential runoff election between Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori this past Sunday. Check out Javier's article on Pedro Castillo from April - https://nacla.org/peru-elections-pedro-castillo Intro and Outro - Martina Portocarrero - Flor de la retama - Musica Ayacuchana - https://youtu.be/9k1QEZm3fw0

24 March 2021 marked the 45th anniversary of the coup that launched Argentina’s most violent period of military rule. From 1976-1983, the armed forces and their civilian allies ruled through terror. The dictatorship became notorious for its gross violations of human rights and the economic and social crises it provoked. When democracy was restored in 1983, Argentines began the process of not only addressing the crimes of the dictatorship, but also redefining what democracy could mean. Historians Natalia Milanesio and Sebastián Carrasai joined Jen Adair and Steven Hyland to discuss the legacies and the scholarship on this period.

Dustin welcomed Dr. Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, onto the podcast to talk about her book, Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador. The two discuss social movements and the politics of resource extraction, especially on the left. They also consider the ongoing significance of dependency theory in Latin America, and the relationship between resource extraction and green technologies. Check it out!

Dr. Lina Britto of Northwestern University and Dr. Steven Taylor of Troy University joined Steven to discuss the ongoing social mobilizations and street protests across Colombia. Intro - Métricas Frías & Deejohend - Su Propia Medicina - https://youtu.be/xC7Sj06Ha6E Outro - Edson Velandia & Adriana Lizcano - Todo Regalao -https://youtu.be/0LLIkGUwIr4 Photo Caption: "Avenida San Juan en las manifestaciones del 28 de abril de 2021, Medellín" Photo Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/humanosalvajefotografia/51147405944/

In this week’s episode, Steven welcomes back to the program Dr. Juan José Ponce Vázquez, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Alabama and the winner of the 2021 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award from SECOLAS. The duo talk about the book, Islanders and Empire: Smuggling and Political Defiance in Hispaniola, 1580-1690, and the challenges and opportunities of studying Hispaniola during the long seventeenth century. Enjoy!

Dr. William Booth, the author of “Rethinking Latin America’s Cold War” published in The Historical Journal, joined Steven and Dustin to, well, rethink Latin America’s Cold War. They examine the historiography of the Cold War in Latin America before discussing the long and layered history of conflict in the region. Dr. Booth also gives us a preview of his forthcoming book with Verso, A Prehistory of Revolution: Latin American Lefts in the Early Cold War. Not content end the conversation when the episode ostensibly wraps, the trio goes into extra time and talks more about Booth’s scholarship, and about Austin BBQ, Powell’s Books, and New York Mets fandom. Stick around!

Steven welcomes Dr. Jennifer Adair back to the program to talk about her book, In Search of the Lost Decade: Everyday Rights in Post-Dictatorship Argentina. In addition to considering the experience of transitioning from an era of state terror to one of neoliberalism, the two discuss the study of memory, globalization, and authoritarianism. They also ruminate about the importance of study abroad opportunities.