![A gondola arrives at the top of Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Cadu Tavares.) A gondola arrives at the top of Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with boats on the bay and the shoreline in the background. (Photo by Cadu Tavares.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/brlasfall2011-cover-cablecarsugarloaf_caduuu-16x9.jpg?timestamp=1634156338)
![Harley Shaiken and Diego Luna on the Berkeley campus, December 2011. (Photo by Jim Block.) Harley Shaiken and Diego Luna walking on the Berkeley campus, December 2011. (Photo by Jim Block.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-comment-shaikenlunaoncampus.jpg?itok=Nl1gVnRk×tamp=1634156618)
COMMENT: Fall 2011
By Harley Shaiken | Introducing the Fall 2011 issue of the Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies and commenting on the fall semester.
![A lone bus traverses the Mexican countryside. (Photo by Lon&Queta.) A lone bus kicks up a cloud of dust on a remote dirt road in the Mexican countryside. (Photo by Lon&Queta.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-guillermoprieto-busonlonelyroad_lon_queta.jpg?itok=j7dQPVN5×tamp=1634157165)
MEXICO: 72 Migrantes
By Alma Guillermoprieto | Creating a website to memorialize the 72 migrants who were murdered in Tamaulipas in 2010 with award-winning journalist Alma Guillermoprieto.
![Hispanic Day Parade, Fifth Avenue, New York, 2010. (Photo by Asterio Iecson.) A group of young women carrying Latin American flags march in the Hispanic Day Parade, Fifth Avenue, New York, 2010. (Photo by Asterio Iecson.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-mora-hispanicflaggirls_asterix611.jpg?itok=p7oY7zDP×tamp=1634161704)
RESEARCH: Hispanic Panethnicity
By G. Cristina Mora | Examining the forces that led to the creation of “Hispanic” identity in the United States.
![Billboard featuring a magazine cover announcing the upcoming face-off between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori. (Photo by Catherine Binet, The Advocacy Peace Project Fellow, 2011.) APeruvian billboard featuring a magazine cover announcing the upcoming presidential election face-off between Ollanta Humala and Keiko Fujimori. (Photo by Catherine Binet, The Advocacy Peace Project Fellow, 2011.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-levitsky-manoamano.jpg?itok=RTAcZ5xz×tamp=1634162671)
PERU: The Center Could Not Hold
By Tomás Bril-Mascarenhas | Looking at what happened to the centrists in Peru’s 2011 election, Professor Steven Levitsky lays out the structural weaknesses that led to a surprising election year.
![Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and U.S. President Barack Obama at the 2009 North American Leaders Summit. (Photo courtesy of Gobierno Federal.) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and U.S. President Barack Obama at the 2009 North American Leaders Summit. (Photo courtesy of Gobierno Federal.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-pastor-northamericasummit-gobiernofederal.jpg?itok=MiYHxKAy×tamp=1634166239)
U.S. - MEXICO FUTURES FORUM: Thinking Continentally
By Robert A. Pastor | Outlining the author's vision for a more united and strategic North America.
![The Brazil Pavilion at Shanghai’s World Expo, 2010. (Photo by Ji Hoong Ng.) The Brazil Pavilion in the colors of the country's flag at Shanghai’s World Expo, 2010. (Photo by Ji Hoong Ng.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-barrosdecastro-brazilpavilionshanghaiexpo-squashimono.jpg?itok=j2gcqp-B×tamp=1634167777)
ANTÔNIO BARROS DE CASTRO: Remembering an Economic Visionary
By Peter Evans | Remembering Antônio Barros de Castro, Professor Emeritus Peter Evans highlights the Brazilian economist’s contributions to our understanding of the world economy.
![Leaders of the Chilean student movement: Camila Vallejo, Giorgio Jackson and Camilo Ballesteros, September 2011. (Photo by Mario Tellez Cardemil.) Leaders of the Chilean student movement: Camila Vallejo, Giorgio Jackson and Camilo Ballesteros holding a banner together at a march, September 2011. (Photo by Mario Tellez Cardemil.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-jackson-camilagiorgiocamilo-mtellezcar.jpg?itok=P8_W3jCU×tamp=1634173164)
CHILE: Student Leaders Reinvent the Protest
By Ernesto Muñoz-Lamartine | Assessing the educational inequalities that sparked the mass protests known as “the Chilean winter” with Chilean student leader Giorgio Jackson.
![Diego Luna on the Berkeley campus, December 2011. (Photo by Jim Block.) Diego Luna with a poster advertising the "Miss Bala" screening on the Berkeley campus, December 2011. (Photo by Jim Block.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-luna-lunawithposter_jimblock.jpg?itok=NbZq1lZg×tamp=1634173816)
U.S. - MEXICO FUTURES FORUM: Holding a Mirror to Mexico
By Harley Shaiken | Reviewing the film “Miss Bala” and describing the special advanced screening CLAS hosted in December with the film’s producer Diego Luna.
![President-elect Obama greets President Calderón, January 2009. (Photo courtesy of Gobierno Federal.) President-elect Barack Obama shakes the hand of President Felipe Calderón, January 2009. (Photo courtesy of Gobierno Federal.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-decastro-obamashakescalderonshand2009.jpg?itok=judiHxO4×tamp=1634174798)
U.S. - MEXICO FUTURES FORUM: Missed Connections
By Sarah Krupp | Describing the dynamics of the U.S.–Mexico diplomatic relationship with Rafael Fernández de Castro, the former foreign policy advisor to Mexican president Felipe Calderón
![A uniformed officer patrols New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, 1998. (Photo by Mark Lennihan, Associated Press.) A uniformed officer patrols New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, 1998. (Photo by Mark Lennihan, Associated Press.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-zimring-ap9812300938-nycpoliceman.jpg?itok=5g1XAUJb×tamp=1634175476)
U.S. - MEXICO FUTURES FORUM: Mexico's Drug War - Lessons From New York?
By Celeste Kauffman | Highlighting some policing strategies from New York that could be applied to combatting drug-related crime in Mexico, with legal scholar Frank Zimring.
![Michelle Bachelet and Hillary Rodham Clinton at a high-level UN meeting for women political leaders, 2011. (Photo courtesy of UN Women.) Michelle Bachelet and Hillary Rodham Clinton at a high-level UN meeting for women political leaders, 2011. (Photo courtesy of UN Women.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-manz-bachelethillaryclinton_unwomengallery.jpg?itok=EMX0EagF×tamp=1634188799)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EN ESPAÑOL: Michelle Bachelet: A Rendezvous With History
By Beatriz Manz | Following the arc of Michelle Bachelet’s career.
![Gil Cedillo on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo by Jim Block.) Gil Cedillo reads a Washington Post headline - "Biggest Group of Poor Kids is Latino" - on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo by Jim Block.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-cedillo-cedillowithwashpostheadline_jimblock.jpg?itok=zllYsHJs×tamp=1634189612)
IMMIGRATION: Reclaiming the Dream
By Kevin Escudero | Discussing with California assembly member Gil Cedillo the trajectory of his ultimately-successful California Dream Act, which made undocumented college students eligible for some forms of financial aid.
![General Benedicto Lucas García, head of the Guatemalan Armed Forces, 1982. (Photo by Susan Meiselas.) General Benedicto Lucas García, head of the Guatemalan Armed Forces, rides in a helicopter holding an assault rifle in 1982. (Photo by Susan Meiselas.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-granito-granito_filmstill8_generalbenedictolucasgarcia_bysusanmeiselas_lg.jpg?itok=3tBXpplW×tamp=1634321343)
FILM: Sand in the Gears of Impunity
By Sarah Weber | Analyzing the film “Granito de Arena: How to Nail a Dictator,” a documentary about those struggling to end impunity in Guatemala.
![A worker tends cacao seedlings. (Photo by Sarah Krupp.) A worker tends cacao seedlings in a field under nets in Las Varas. (Photo by Sarah Krupp.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-krupp-bajomira.jpg?itok=HmZd1yy7×tamp=1634322237)
RESEARCH: Cultivating a Coca-Free Future
By Sarah Krupp | Sharing her findings, Tinker Summer Research Grant recipient Sarah Krupp on the comparative success of coca-eradication programs in Colombia’s Pacific Southwest.
![Horacio Salinas gives a recital for CLAS on November 1, 2011. (Photo by Jim Block.) Playing his guitar in front of a blue backdrop, Horacio Salinas gives a recital for CLAS on November 1, 2011. (Photo by Jim Block.)](https://clacs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/styles/openberkeley_brand_widgets_thumbnail/public/brlasfall2011-horaciosalinasbluebackground_jimblock.jpg?itok=eajl3niK×tamp=1634322821)
MUSIC: Vuelvo
By Horacio Salinas | Playing his guitar, Horacio Salinas, the internationally renowned musician, composer and musical director of the beloved Chilean ensemble Inti-Illimani, taught a class for the Center for Latin American Studies during fall 2011.