{"title":"International Legitimation of Authoritarianism: Venezuela's United Nations General Assembly Discourse and Domestic Power Consolidation (1999–2023)","authors":"Felipe Jaramillo Ruiz, Osmel Osuna","doi":"10.1111/blar.70093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70093","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines how the Venezuelan government defended the gradual transformation of the country's political system from democracy to authoritarianism in an international forum. Building on the concept of international legitimation strategies, we qualitatively analyse Venezuelan government speeches at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) between 1999 and 2023. We identify four phases of legitimation: popular democratic mandate, revolutionary transformation, sovereignty and international law and imperial victimhood. In the broader historical context, these shifts illustrate how the Venezuelan government adapted its international discourse as its authoritarian practises deepened, deploying UNGA diplomacy to deflect criticism.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.70093","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148174714","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":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148083724","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":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148083725","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":"Disruptive Lines in the Colombian Audiovisual Industry","authors":"Luz Angela Rubiano Tamayo","doi":"10.1111/blar.70073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70073","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper is a first approach to the complex panorama faced by audiovisual views that interrogate categories such as identity, equality and diversity. In the first part, a summarised review of Colombian legislation on cinematography is presented in order to analyse how it defines—and limits—the notion of national identity and explores possible routes for the integration of community cinema within that field. The second part addresses the two concepts that the analysis addresses: symbolic violence and structural violence, examined through cases that reveal how they operate in the formation, production, distribution and exhibition processes. Finally, the third part develops a reflection on two disruptive routes of Colombian audiovisual that shift between integration and the denial of a dominant logic, yet share decisive features: they both seek to expand audiences beyond those defined by distributors, protected by current legislation; they question the hegemonic models in the audiovisual field and propose interdisciplinary forms and diverse narratives that shift from the industry's traditional starting point.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668454","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":"‘Así Somos’: Cuba's Changing Youth Culture in the Magazine Somos Jóvenes","authors":"Anne Luke, Rosi Smith","doi":"10.1111/blar.70091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70091","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article analyses the content and discourse of long-running Cuban youth magazine, <i>Somos Jóvenes</i>, in the periods 1977–1984 and 1989–2003, to better understand the identities, experiences and place within the revolutionary project of two generations of young people. The magazine's eclectic character, and its negotiation of ‘official’ and youth-driven discourses, offer a window onto cultural perceptions of youth that were relatively stable, but which were required to accommodate changing moral and social demands as the optimism and relative prosperity of the first era gave way to the disorientation and hardships that followed the fall of socialism in Europe.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.70091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668108","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":"Mexicans in Exile: Patterns of Exile and the Surveillance of Mexican Returnees During the 1970s and 1980s","authors":"Soledad Lastra","doi":"10.1111/blar.70090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70090","url":null,"abstract":"<p>En esta investigación se propone explicar cómo fue el exilio de los mexicanos en los sexenios de Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1970–1976) y José López Portillo (1976–1982), cómo fueron los intentos de retornos y qué tensiones generaron. Se plantea que el exilio fue una experiencia de desactivación política favorable para el gobierno que dispuso de mecanismos diplomáticos y de vigilancia para contenerlo.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.70090","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668979","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":"Clientelist Mobilisation and Unequal Participation: Evidence From Latin America","authors":"Belinda Amador","doi":"10.1111/blar.70089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70089","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Does clientelist mobilisation merely raise turnout, or does it change who participates? This article assesses whether clientelism is associated with narrower participation inequalities in Latin America, using LAPOP surveys covering 46 elections in 17 countries (2010–2019). When respondents report clientelist outreach, the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and participation is weaker. For voting, model-based estimates indicate an 8-point reduction in the education gap and a 4.3-point reduction in the wealth gap, patterns driven by higher participation among low-SES citizens and little change at the top. For protest, reported offers correlate with higher participation across SES; the education gap shows little change, as predicted participation rises relatively uniformly with schooling years, while the wealth gradient appears to compress by 2.6 points, with larger increases among lower-wealth deciles and smaller increases among higher-wealth groups. Taken together, the patterns suggest a redistributive footprint in political participation, prompting renewed debate over the democratic trade-offs of clientelism in terms of mobilisation and representation.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147668980","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":"Devolved Invisibility: Identity and Belonging Among Latin American Communities in Scotland","authors":"María Soledad Montañez","doi":"10.1111/blar.70088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70088","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a nation known for welcoming migrants and its history of transnational solidarity but marked by colonial amnesia, this article addresses the research gap on Latin American communities in Scotland. It focuses on first-generation migrants who settled in Scotland in the 21st century, examining how they negotiate identity and belonging against the backdrop of political devolution. Using the metaphor of the Walking Palm tree to analyse Latin American identities in the UK, and as a lens for rethinking migration in a devolved nation, this article seeks to deepen understanding of Latin American migration, cultural histories, and heritages in Scotland.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.70088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567597","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":"A History of Argentina: From the Spanish Conquest to the Present by Ezequiel Adamovsky and Rebecca Wolpin (Trans.), Durham: Duke University Press, 2024. xii + 348 pp. £95.00 (hardback); £23.99 (paperback). ISBN: 978-1-4780-2063-9","authors":"Christine Mathias","doi":"10.1111/blar.70081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70081","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147653156","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":"Attitudes Towards COVID-19 in Mexico: Between Religion and Politics","authors":"Alejandro Díaz Domínguez","doi":"10.1111/blar.70086","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.70086","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Drawing from recent literature on religion and pandemics, this study investigates how religious factors (vaccine scepticism, virus concern, restriction acceptance) and partisan divides (acceptance/rejection of government actions based on political leaders' rhetoric) shaped COVID-19 attitudes in Mexico. I analyse a national online survey conducted in December 2020. Religiously, Catholics and Protestant/Evangelicals showed higher presidential trust and took fewer precautions; Protestants/Evangelicals also distrusted medical research. Politically, trust in the president reduced vaccination likelihood. These findings underscore the prominent role of politics over religion in shaping public attitudes during the pandemic, suggesting political cues were crucial in navigating the health crisis.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2026-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147653157","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}