{"title":"Contrasting Affective responses and the Politics of the Energy Transition: Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Colombian Coal Industry","authors":"Susana Carmona","doi":"10.1111/blar.13589","DOIUrl":"10.1111/blar.13589","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This piece explores the effects of the war in Ukraine on Colombia's coal industry and the contrasting affective responses of different actors. The stark contrast between environmental and Indigenous activists' anger and the industry representatives' optimism about the revival of coal exports evidences the tension between the climate policies of the current Colombian government and the longstanding pattern of export-led economies in Latin America, a path difficult to break. Nonetheless, the situation enables a space to discuss how a ‘just transition’ would look for regions dependent on coal and, importantly, when that transition will be.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 4","pages":"335-339"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.13589","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141567908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cabrera, Lydia (2023) El Monte: Notes on the Religions, Magic, and Folklore of the Black and Creole People of Cuba. Translated by David Font-Navarrete, Duke University Press(Durham and London), lxxxiii + 680 pp. $37.95 pbk.","authors":"Kristina Wirtz","doi":"10.1111/blar.13586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13586","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 3","pages":"283-284"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Borges, Fabián (2022) Human Capital Versus Basic Income: Ideology and Models for Anti-Poverty Programs in Latin America, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), xviii + 270 pp, $70.00 cloth, $34.95 paper","authors":"Shiao Wang","doi":"10.1111/blar.13587","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13587","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 3","pages":"284-285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hulsether, Lucia (2023) Capitalist Humanitarianism, Duke University Press (Durham and London), xvi + 248 pp. $99.95 hbk, $25.95 pbk.","authors":"Carolina Flores Gusmão","doi":"10.1111/blar.13585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13585","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 3","pages":"281-283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"María Pia López (2020) Not One Less. Mourning, Disobedience and Desire, Polity Press (Cambridge and Medford, MA) (Tr. Frances Riddle), xvi + 192 pp. $19.95 pbk, $64.95 hbk.","authors":"Niki Johnson","doi":"10.1111/blar.13584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13584","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 3","pages":"280-281"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141561150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ukraine War and the Limits of Latin American Fence-Sitting","authors":"Luis Schenoni, Diego Leiva, Thales Carvalho","doi":"10.1111/blar.13574","DOIUrl":"10.1111/blar.13574","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Why have most Latin American countries – traditionally pro-Atlantic and staunch defenders of non-intervention – remained conspicuously neutral during the Ukraine War? We argue that in an increasingly bipolar context, fence-sitting produces clear strategic gains through partner-diversification and bargaining power. However, this strategy becomes riskier with polarisation and, at a certain point, these risks may upset benefits. We formalise this argument and examine the foreign policy trajectories of several Latin American countries in the context of the Ukraine War to illustrate how their room for diplomatic flexibility has shrunk with polarisation. As a corollary, we think of scenarios where the costs of fence-sitting can outweigh its advantages, forcing the region to align.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 4","pages":"300-304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.13574","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141552017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Brazilian Migration Policy in the Context of the Russia-Ukraine War: A Rights-Based Response to Forced Displacement?","authors":"João Luis Macedo Silva Cardoso","doi":"10.1111/blar.13588","DOIUrl":"10.1111/blar.13588","url":null,"abstract":"<p>On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a major military incursion on Ukrainian territory, thereby initiating one of the biggest international conflicts of the twenty-first century. Not only has this conflict claimed the lives of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians, but it has also resulted in mass migration. Against this backdrop, this paper sets out to answer the following question: what are the main legal aspects of the migration policy adopted by the Brazilian state in response to the Ukrainian diaspora? The findings of this research indicate that the Brazilian Federal Government has passed ordinances that can protect the human rights of these people on a temporary basis. Although these ordinances have a precarious nature, their beneficiaries will be able to apply for refugee status when their provisions cease to produce legal effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 4","pages":"330-334"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141506446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Length of Service of Cabinet Ministers in Chile's Presidential Democracy, 1990–2022","authors":"Hugo Jofré, Patricio Navia, José Miguel Cabezas","doi":"10.1111/blar.13577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13577","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cabinet shuffles in multiparty democracies do not equally affect all posts as they are caused by changes in the composition of government coalitions and by shifting political conditions. With data from the 340 individual cabinet appointments in Chile's presidential system in seven presidential terms (1990–2022), we find that the type of cabinet position and prior experience as cabinet ministers impact the length of service, but party members do not last longer than independents and neither do ministers with technocratic credentials. Ministers in low-prestige positions are less likely to being sacked. As cabinet stability is associated with the delivery of public policies, studying the determinants of longer cabinet positions helps identify factors that contribute to governability and good governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 5","pages":"362-376"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142579623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Navigating Physical and Digital Environments: Latin American Video Game Studies in Practice","authors":"Paul R. Merchant, Thea Pitman, Edward King","doi":"10.1111/blar.13578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.13578","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article reflects on developments in research into Latin American video games two decades after the first studies in the field. In particular, it fills a gap in research by reflecting on the pedagogical uses of video games, focusing both on their value in the undergraduate classroom and on the design of educational games for use by school children, asking to what extent games might afford their players impactful embodied experiences and ways of navigating complex systems of information and power. The case studies centre on the teaching of environmental humanities and digital literacy in a specifically Latin American context.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 3","pages":"263-276"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.13578","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141565884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peripheral Autonomy in a Multipolar Order: Latin American Reactions to the War in Ukraine","authors":"Rafael F. Castro Alegría, Viviana García Pinzón","doi":"10.1111/blar.13572","DOIUrl":"10.1111/blar.13572","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The heterogeneity of Latin American stands regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has puzzled observers in Europe and the United States. Different explanations have been offered to account for the seemingly paradoxical willingness of Latin Americans to oppose the invasion when voting for United Nations resolutions, but then to refrain from condemning it discursively and to directly refuse requests to supply arms to Ukraine. This article aims to document the response of Latin American countries to the war and to assess the factors underpinning it. We show how predominant explanations fell short of providing an adequate account and argue that the region's reaction to the war can be better understood as a pursuit of <i>peripheral autonomy</i>. Our study is structured as a congruence analysis, based on an eclectic array of theoretical and conceptual explanations and a corpus of qualitative and quantitative information.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"43 4","pages":"315-321"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141268642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}