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![Haitians cross the Massacre River into the Dominican Republic near Dajabón. (Photo by and © Herminio Rodríguez.) Haitians cross the Massacre River on a bridge into the Dominican Republic near Dajabón. (Photo by and © Herminio Rodríguez.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlas2016-paulino-masacre_riverphoto-cherminiorodriguez.jpg?itok=eixOdfBR×tamp=1621887940)
![Gabriela Mistral: Mother love and child care, but also death and economic justice. (Photo by Ricardo Hurtubia/Mural by Fernando Daza, 1970.) A mural honors Gabriela Mistral with themes important to her: mother love and child care, but also death and economic justice. (Photo by Ricardo Hurtubia/Mural by Fernando Daza, 1970.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlas2016-falabella-muralgabrielamistral-wikimedia.jpg?itok=ZCx7Ukev×tamp=1621060492)
The Poetry of Gabriela Mistral: On the 70th Anniversary of her Nobel Prize in Literature
Soledad Falabella
February 17, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 Bay Area Latin America Forum
![Jaime Nebot, mayor of Guayaquil, protests against the policies of the Correa government, 2015. (Photo by César Muñoz/Andes.) Jaime Nebot, mayor of Guayaquil, leads a crowd protesting against the policies of the Correa government, 2015. (Photo by César Muñoz/Andes.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlas2016-eaton-protestas_guayaquilcesarmunoz-andes.jpg?itok=6HC0w5Df×tamp=1621890218)
![(Image from "Tea Time.") Five ladies having tea around a table. Still from “Tea Time"](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-02-24-teatimegroupofladies-750p.jpg?itok=EKoPlGTo×tamp=1623447062)
CineLatino: Tea Time
Directed by Maite Alberdi (Chile, 2014)
February 24, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 CineLatino Series
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![A feeding mosquito. (Photo by Gilles San Martin.) A feeding mosquito, an arm with a drop of blood](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-03-03-mosquitofeeding_gillessanmartin-750p.jpg?itok=u1vwHv9P×tamp=1623448032)
![Kingdom of Shadows Still Man driving a bike, still from “Kingdom of Shadows"](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-03-09-kingdom_of_shadows_promo-takepart-750p.jpg?itok=nw9RXQ8l×tamp=1623448601)
CineLatino: Kingdom of Shadows
Directed by Bernardo Ruiz (United States, 2015)
March 9, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 CineLatino Series
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![Carmen Gloria Quintana answers questions from the audience, March 2016. (Photo by Marimar Arango-Gomez.) Carmen Gloria Quintana wearing a purple jacket seating down, answering questions from the audience, March 2016](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-03-18-lapenaquintana-qaresponse-750p.jpg?itok=e5vYTHzu×tamp=1623448978)
![Steve Phillips and Maria Echaveste as they conversed before an audience on race and U.S. politics, April 2016 (Photo by Diana Lopez.) Steve Phillips and Maria Echaveste as they conversed before an audience on race and U.S. politics, April 2016](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-04-04-brownisthenewwhite-table01-750p-4x3.jpg?itok=CxYNybsH×tamp=1623449217)
Brown is the New White: Organizing, Elections, Democracy and the New American Majority
Steve Phillips and Maria Echaveste
April 4, 2016
![Laura Nader with the cover of one of her books. Laura Nader with the cover of one of her books.](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-04-11-naderandbookcover-4x3-750p.jpg?itok=8tuT6ghL×tamp=1623449558)
Area Studies: The Plus and Minuses
Laura Nader
April 11, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 Bay Area Latin America Forum
![The Tree of Life, centerpiece of Bernardi's mural. (Photo by Miguel Oropeza Caballero.) The Tree of Life, centerpiece of Bernardi's colorful mural](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/pict0069_0.jpg?itok=3efxHaBo×tamp=1623449779)
The Tree of Life/El Arbol de la Vida: Opening Exhibition and Discussion
Claudia Bernardi
April 13, 2016
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CineLatino: The Salt of the Earth
Directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders (United States, 2014)
April 13, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 CineLatino Series
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Screening: Point Blank (A Queima Ropa)
Directed by Theresa Jessouroun (Brazil, 2015)
April 14, 2016 | Film screening and Director's talk
![Harley Shaiken Harley Shaiken](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/shaiken.jpg?itok=zgB-AB_s×tamp=1617299474)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Labor
Harley Shaiken
April 19, 2016 | Part of the Spring 2016 Bay Area Latin America Forum
![Raúl Zurita. (Photo by el.nco.) Raúl Zurita holding a microphone with one hand and the other hand over his heart](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-04-21-raulzurita-el.nco-flickrcc-750p.jpg?itok=s2ehGCS2×tamp=1623450771)
![Villa 31, a notorious shantytown in Buenos Aires. (Photo by aleposta.) Villa 31, a notorious shantytown in Buenos Aires](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-04-25-epele-villamiseria5-aleposta-750p.jpg?itok=C92BM_jp×tamp=1623450915)
![Elena Duran playing the flute Elena Duran playing the flute](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/2016-07-21-duranphoto-4x3-750p.jpg?itok=w9mtRbGz×tamp=1623451271)