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Center for U.S.-Latin America Initiatives at UT Dallas

CUSLAI has aimed to enhance the relationship between the UT Dallas community with their Latin America counterparts since 1995.

CUSLAI has become a gateway to Latin America since 1995, enhancing academic relationships between students and faculty and their Latin American counterparts with an interdisciplinary approach to international education, research, and public service. The Center is focused on producing engaged students, while preparing them for life and leadership in a constantly changing world, providing the necess

ary support and funding for scholars conducting groundbreaking research and expanding scholarship of this evolving intellectual space.

10/23/2024

Join CUSLAI, Dr. Ben Wright, and Dr. Toni Viva Muñoz TONIGHT from 5-8:30 pm at Conference Room: ATC 1.201 for our Día de Mu***os Roundtable Discussion on Reclamation and Preservation.

There will be a buffet dinner.

5:00-6:00pm Informal interview conducted by Dr. Toni Viva Muñoz and the Border Community
Digital Archive Project
6:00-6:30pm Dinner buffet
6:30-6:35pm Performance by Nacha Mendez
6:35-6:55pm Presentation by Dr. Andrés Reséndez
6:55-7:00 pm Performance by Nacha Mendez
7:00-7:10pm Presentation by Ruben Leyva
7:10-7:15pm Performance by Nacha Mendez
7:15-7:25pm Presentation by Dr. Albert Lacson
7:25-8:00 pm Moderated discussion by Dr. Ben Wright
8:00-8:30pm Audience Q&A

08/27/2024

Would you like to develop intercultural friendships here at UTD? The Fall 2024 iFriend registration is open, until August 29 (THURSDAY) at 5pm CT!

iFriend is a cultural exchange program where you will interact with people from other cultures, make new friends, and be ready to work with global teams once you graduate. You take part in intercultural activities and training events.

Interested participants can register online now through August 29th (5 pm). Please feel free to email Utd Intercultural Programs at [email protected] if you have any further questions.

Registration link and to learn more is https://icp.utdallas.edu/engagement/ifriend/ and in our bio!

08/19/2024

The Center for U.S.-Latin America Initiatives is proud to share Dr. Beatriz Balanta performance lecture titled “The Spatial Dynamics of Black Joy.” to all faculty, organizations and students.

The event will take place on Friday, September 6th at 5:30pm in the ATC Lobby.

Dr. Beatriz Balanta (PhD, Duke University) is an artist, cultural critic & curator whose research focuses on the visual staging of blackness and gendered subjects in Latin America. She is the founder and CEO of “BlackGround Laboratorio Cultural,” a cultural production agency that promotes art, culture, and scholarship from and about the African diaspora, based in Cali, Colombia.

This is presented by the program in Latin American Studies at the Harry W. Bass School at UT Dallas.

To learn more about this event, visit the link in our bio or go to https://calendar.utdallas.edu/event/the-spatial-dynamics-of-black-joy-a-performative-lecture-with-dr-beatriz-balanta.

If you have any questions or concerns, please message us on social media or contact Dr. Muñoz at [email protected].

08/05/2024

CUSLAI would like to uplift this local opportunity taking place from in September and October!

To learn more about how you can receive your tickets, visit the link in our bio or go to https://ci.ovationtix.com/34495/store/packages

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Cara Mía Theatre proudly announces its 2024-2025 season, beginning with our largest international Latino theatre festival, the 5th annual Latinidades Festival from September 26 through October 13 at the Latino Cultural Center.

Cara Mía Theatre’s International Latinidades Festival will expand from three productions to eleven productions, including live theatre, dance, music and poetry to celebrate diverse Latin American voices. Productions hail from Dallas, San Francisco and Miami, Barcelona and Mexico City, and Bogotá, Colombia, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

This year’s festival will also feature the “1st Latinidades Arts Symposium: Sustaining the Arts through Community Development” featuring conversations with local, national and international arts professionals on how our arts will thrive during turbulent times.

The season continues with the return of Tina’s Journey/El Viaje de Tina by National Playwright Award Winner Berta Hiriart from Mexico and directed by longtime collaborator, Alicia Martínez Álvarez, February 8-15, 2025 at the Latino Cultural Center.

The season closes with a staged reading of a new play by Cara Mía Theatre with the working title, Mariachi, July 26, 2025.

Tickets -> https://caramiatheatre.org/2024-2025-season/
Festival and Season Memberships -> https://ci.ovationtix.com/34495/store/packages

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07/31/2024

🌟Delegad@ Spotlight🌟

Hola todos!/Hey guys!

We are honored to spotlight Saul’s participation in the 26th Central American History Conference at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. Saul presented his master’s thesis about the historical political process in El Salvador during the Cold War. We are honored to spotlight Saul’s participation in the 26th Central American History Conference at the Universidad Autónoma de Honduras. Saul presented his master’s thesis about the historical political process in El Salvador during the Cold War.

If you would like to lean more about his presentation reach out to Saul at [email protected].

If you would like for an announcement, fellowship, or news to be shared, please message us on social media or contact Dr. Muñoz at [email protected].

Bass School at UT Dallas
Facultad de Ciencias Sociales - UNAH

07/09/2024

Feliz Día de la Independencia Argentina!

Today, 208 years ago, on July 9th, 1816, Argentina declared independence from Spain. The Argentine Declaration of Independence was signed in the house of Francisca Bazán de Laguna.

06/19/2024

🌟Delegad@ Spotlight Part 2🌟

Hola todos!/Hey guys!

We want to highlight Saul’s presentation and attendance at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2024 Conference in Bogotá, Colombia.

Saul presented on “Bukele, Nuevas Ideas and the Salvadoran Civil War” where he spoke about Political rhetoric of Nayib Bukele and Nuevas Ideas.

Saul stated following the conference: “The Delegado fellowship from the center makes it possible to continue my research and share my findings with colleagues around the world, like at LASA.”

If you would like to lean more about his presentation reach out to Saul at [email protected].

Also, if you would like for a post or news to be shared, please message us on social media or contact Dr. Muñoz at [email protected].

06/13/2024

🌟Delegad@ Spotlight 🌟

Hola todos!/Hey guys!

We want to spotlight Saul Leon Dubon with the
UT Dallas EPPS - School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences Dean Jennifer Holmes on their arrival in Bogota, Colombia, at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) 2024 Conference.

They are currently attending the conference at the moment. To learn more about the conference program visit https://members.lasaweb.org/pub/lasa2024/Program/

And becoming a member to hear about future opportunities visit https://members.lasaweb.org/pub/lasa2024/Program/

We look forward to posting next week some more pictures from the conference.

06/10/2024

Did you know that June 5th was World Environment Day?🌎

The Dominican Today reported, “The region’s most ambitious solar panel project is at the Caribbean Plant in the Dominican Republic, which has 2,667 panels that generate 62,000 kilowatts per month. This represents 20% of the plant’s total consumption. In the framework of Environment Day, 456 more panels will be inaugurated this June, making the Caribe Plant the site with PepsiCo’s largest solar energy generation in Latin America.”

To learn more about this visit: https://dominicantoday.com/dr/economy/2024/06/09/dominican-republic-will-be-the-country-with-the-largest-solar-power-generation-by-pepsico-in-latin-america/

Photo credit of the Solar Pannels:

If you would like for a post or news to be shared, please message us on social media or contact Dr. Muñoz at [email protected].

06/06/2024

The Center for US-Latin America Initiatives would like to congratulate Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on her election as the new President of Mexico.

NBC furthers “Claudia Sheinbaum has made history as the first woman elected president of Mexico, according to projections from the nation’s official quick count.

Sheinbaum addressed supporters, saying, “For the first time in 200 years of our republic, I will become the first woman president...but as I’ve said in other occasions, I did not get here alone.”

Sheinbaum, 61, is a physicist and climate scientist and will be Mexico’s first president of Jewish heritage.”

If you would like for a post or news to be shared, please message us on social media or contact Dr. Muñoz at [email protected].

05/20/2024

For our final graduation shoutout, we would like to congratulate Isabella Palazuelos on obtaining a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) and of Arts (Latin American Studies). We are proud to call her a Delegad@ at CUSLAI! Finally, we wish her the best in her future studies and endeavors. Once a Delegad@, always a Delgad@! 🌎

05/16/2024

Congrats to all the recent graduates! In our first of two shoutouts, we would like to congratulate Saul Leon Dubon on obtaining a Masters of Arts in Latin American Studies. We are proud to call him a Delegad@ at CUSLAI! Finally, we are excited to continue working with Saul as he approaches finishing his PhD.

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