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Mucamas or Baianas?: Black Female Empowerment and Cultural Representation in Bahia. Mucamas还是Baianas？：巴伊亚的黑人女性赋权和文化代表性。

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Latin Americanist Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI: 10.1353/TLA.2021.0002

Vanessa Castañeda

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The Chiapas Jaguar as Symbol of Maya Resintencia – Resistance and Intention 恰帕斯美洲豹作为玛雅树脂的象征——抵抗与意图

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Latin Americanist Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI: 10.1353/TLA.2021.0006

Sean S. Sell

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Memory and Counter-Memorials: Adriana Corral’s Unearthed: Desenterrado on the United States-Mexico Border 记忆与反纪念:Adriana Corral的出土:美国墨西哥边境的Desenterrado

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Latin Americanist Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI: 10.1353/TLA.2021.0005

A. Lepage

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Reverse Engineering the Narrative: A.B. Nichols’s Failed Attempt to Amend the Canal Zone’s History 逆向工程叙事:A.B.尼科尔斯修改运河区历史的失败尝试

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Latin Americanist Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI: 10.1353/TLA.2021.0004

H. Jacob

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Contributors Page 贡献者页面

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Latin Americanist Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI: 10.1353/tla.2021.0000

G. Crider, J. Buchenau, Vanessa Castañeda, Lisa Pinley Covert, H. Jacob, A. Lepage, Sean S. Sell, Patricia Silver, Nathan J. Stone, R. Bess, Gregory B. Weeks, Graydon Dennison, T. Hansen

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The Dictator Dilemma: The United States and Paraguay in the Cold War by Kirk Tyvela (review) 《独裁者的困境：冷战中的美国和巴拉圭》，柯克·泰维拉著（评论）

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Latin Americanist Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI: 10.1353/TLA.2021.0010

Gregory Weeks

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Prevention or Provocation? How U.S. Support for Christian Democrats Radicalized Chile’s MIR, 1964–1970. 预防还是挑衅？1964年至1970年，美国对基督教民主党的支持如何使智利的MIR激进。

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Latin Americanist Pub Date : 2021-04-10 DOI: 10.1353/TLA.2021.0008

Nathan J. Stone

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“Asking as a Citizen”: Navigating Ambiguity in the Interests of Community “以公民身份提问”：在社区利益的歧义中导航