Center for Latin American Studies

Six UC Berkeley international studies programs received more than $12 million in federal funding which will support their expansion. 

Michael Bakal, a UC Berkeley doctoral student funded by the Center for Latin American Studies and a researcher taking part in an ongoing project in Guatemala, has suggested that climate change could fuel currents of northward immigration in his research.

Former Colombian presidential candidate Sergio Fajardo spoke to a group of students and community members about his 2018 campaign at a Center for Latin American Studies, or CLAS, event Tuesday.

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff spoke to hundreds on the future of democracy in her country at a Center for Latin American Studies, or CLAS, event Monday.

Harley Shaiken, chair of the campus Center for Latin American Studies, researches labor rights and trade and is an advisor to leading members of the United States Congress on these topics.

Maria Echaveste, a program director at the UC Berkeley School of Law, withdrew her nomination to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico earlier this week, according to a White House official.

Maria Echaveste, the policy and program development director at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at UC Berkeley’s School of Law, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to become the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

Bob King, president of the United Automobile Workers labor union – one of the largest in the nation with more than 390,000 active members – made two appearances on campus Monday to speak about the importance of organizing, collective bargaining and global solidarity for unions.

Acclaimed Mexican actor Demián Bichir stopped by campus Thursday afternoon to discuss challenges that Latin American actors face in Hollywood as well as to encourage undocumented students to continue striving toward their dreams.