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Latin American Perspectives
by Alexander Scott
A podcast for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. For more than forty years Latin American Perspectives has served as the leading academic journal in Latin American Studies, publishing timely, progressive analyses of the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America. We currently produce two podcasts: Latin American Perspectives & Editors' Choice: Latin American Perspectives' Book Conversations.Latin American Perspectives features interviews with LAP issue editors, academics, and activists where participants discuss current research, political-economic issues, and social movements in Latin America. The podcast is hosted by sociologist and LAP coordinating editor Alexander Scott. Editors' Choice features interviews with authors of exciting new books in the fields of Latin American and Latino studies. The series is intended to share critical educational resources and information on a variety of topics and issues i
Episodes
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Fighting Against the Return of Bolsonarismo: Brazil's First Round Election w/ Felipe Antunes de Oliveira
On October 4, Brazilians voted in the first round of a general election, and for the first time since 1998 Lula did not finish first. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, eldest son of the imprisoned former president, took 47 percent to Lula's 45, forcing a runoff on October 25, while the Bolsonaro family's...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 14: Hispanic Technocracy — From Fascism to Catholic Authoritarianism w/ Daniel Kressel
Hosts Alexander Scott and Tomás Crowder-Taraborrelli speak with Daniel Gunnar Kressel about his book Hispanic Technocracy: From Fascism to Catholic Authoritarianism in Spain, Argentina, and Chile, 1945–1991 (Cambridge University Press, 2025). Kressel argues that fascism did not simply die in 1945...
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Imperialism Ain't What It Used to Be: Cuba, Venezuela, and the Return of the Colonial State w/ Andrew Smolski
Andrew Smolski returns to the podcast to continue ouron going conversation on US imperialism and Cuba, recorded September 11, 2026. We discuss labor and neoliberalization in Mexico, the Cuban economy from the Special Period to the present, the new sanctions on Cuba and the US oil agreement with...
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Political Ecology, Gender, and the Environment in Latin America (Parte 2): conversación con las autoras del número
En esta segunda parte de nuestra conversación sobre el número de enero de 2026 de Latin American Perspectives, "Political Ecology, Gender and the Environment in Latin America", vamos directamente a la investigación junto a cuatro de las autoras del dossier. La discusión, facilitada por la…
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Editor's Choice Ep. 13: P FKN R: Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Resistance w/ Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
Hosts Alexander Scott and Tomás Crowder-Taraborrelli speak with Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau about their new book P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance (Duke University Press, 2026). Díaz and Rivera-Rideau — creators of the "Bad Bunny Syllabus" —...
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US Imperialism and Cuban Development w/ Andrew Smolski
Alexander Scott speaks with rural sociologist Andrew Smolski about U.S. imperialism and the long history of empire in Cuban development. Drawing on Smolski's archival research and his work on Cuban agriculture, the conversation traces how imperialism has shaped Cuba's capacity to develop across...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 12: Emergent Quilombos: Black Life and Hip-Hop in Brazil w/ Bryce Henson
Bryce Henson joins the pod to discuss his book Emergent Quilombos: Black Life and Hip Hop in Brazil (University of Texas Press, 2023). Drawing on ethnographic research in Salvador da Bahia, Henson explores Brazilian hip hop as a diasporic cultural and political movement rooted in Black radical...
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U.S. Imperialism Enters a New Stage w/ Steve Ellner
In this episode of the Latin American Perspectives Podcast, Alexander Scott speaks with historian and political scientist Steve Ellner about the changing nature of U.S. imperialism and the escalating political crisis in Venezuela. Drawing on Ellner's recent work, the conversation examines...
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Political Ecology, Gender, and the Environment in Latin America con Mayarí Castillo
En este episodio del podcast de Latin American Perspectives, conversamos con Mayarí Castillo, socióloga de la Universidad Mayor y coeditora del número de enero de 2026, sobre los principales ejes que estructuran este nuevo dossier. A lo largo de la conversación, abordamos la ecología política…
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Amazon Rainforest and Socio-Ecological Alternatives in Latin America w/ Claudia Horn
LAP coordinating editor Claudia Horn (King's College London) joins the pod to discuss the September 2025 issue: Amazon Rainforest and Socio-Ecological Alternatives in Latin America. What is the Amazon—and how should we understand it beyond dominant environmental, state-centered, or extractivist...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 11 (Part 2): Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina w/ Felipe Antunes de Oliveira
Part 2 of our interview with Felipe Antunes de Oliveira on his recent book Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina: A Critique of Market and State Utopias (2024). In this timely and theoretically rigorous work, Antunes de Oliveira examines why the two largest countries in South America fail...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 11: Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina w/ Felipe Antunes de Oliveira (Part 1)
In this special two-part edition of Editors' Choice, Felipe Antunes de Oliveira, joins us to discuss his recent book Dependency and Crisis in Brazil and Argentina: A Critique of Market and State Utopias (2024). In this timely and theoretically rigorous work, Antunes de Oliveira examines why the…
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Editor's Choice Ep. 10: Una historia del cine documental argentino con Javier Campo
En este episodio, conversamos con Javier Campo, editor de Una historia del cine documental argentino: Tomo 1 (1896–1989) y Tomo 2 (1990-2024), publicados por Prometeo Editorial. La charla recorre la evolución del cine documental argentino desde la era del cine mudo hasta los años de la dictadura…
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Immigration, Asylum, and Resistance w/ Sarah England & Alfonso Gonzales Toribio
Anthropologist Sarah England and Political Scientist Alfonso Gonzales Toribio join the pod to discuss their new issue of LAP "Latin Americans Seeking Asylum in North America," as well as the history of US immigration policy and the current crisis of immigration enforcement and deportations in the...
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Cuba, Culture, and Politics w/ Sandra Levinson
An excerpt from a political education session among LAP editors, featuring remarks by Sandra Levinson, executive director and co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Cuban Studies, and the founder and curator of the Cuban Art Space gallery in Brooklyn, New York. In her talk, Sandra offers her...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 9: Hip-Hop vs. Argentina con Juan Data
Journalist and music historian Juan Data joins us to discuss his 2023 book, Hip-Hop vs. Argentina (Felipe Ibánez Editor)—an in-depth exploration of the evolution of hip-hop culture in Argentina. Drawing on his experiences as an early participant in the scene and his expertise as a music industry...
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Autonomías Indígenas con Edgars Martínez Navarette y Richard Stahler-Sholk
Los editores colaboradores de LAP, Edgars Martínez Navarrete y Richard Stahler-Sholk, acompañan el podcast para conversar sobre su número doble de LAP: Autonomías indígenas frente al capitalismo contemporáneo, publicado en junio y septiembre de 2024. Edgars Martínez Navarrete es Doctor en...
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Blue Economies and Ocean Grabbing in Latin America
LAP contributing editors Nemer Narchi, Gustavo Goulart Moreira Moura, and George Leddy join the pod to discuss the May 2024 issue of LAP, "Blue Economies and Ocean Grabbing in Latin America." Themes covered include the intersections of political economy and marine ecology, environmental justice,...
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The Agrarian Question as an Ecological Question
LAP contributing editors Daniela García Grandón, Joana Salém Vasconcelos, and Andrew R. Smolski join the pod to discuss the January 2024 issue of LAP, "The Agrarian Question as an Ecological Question." The themes covered include the classic debate over agrarianism and development, the history of...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 8: Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution w/ Joana Salém Vasconcelos
Historian Joana Salém Vasconcelos joins us to discuss her book Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution: Dilemmas of Peripheral Socialism (Brill 2023; Haymarket 2023). Translated from Portuguese and originally published in Brazil in 2016, this meticulously researched study unpacks the complicated...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 7: Reform and Political Crisis in Brazil w/ Armando Boito
Dando início à Segunda temporada do LAP Editor's Choice, nos juntamos ao renomado cientista político marxista e teórico Armando Boito para discutir seu recém-lançado livro "Reform and Political Crisis in Brazil: Class Conflicts in Workers' Party Governments and the Rise of Bolsonaro Neo-fascism"...
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The Labor of Extraction in Latin America w/ Kristin Ciupa & Jeffery Webber
Professor's Kristin Ciupa and Jeffery Webber join the podcast to discuss their new co-edited volume The Labor of Extraction in Latin America that was recently published by Rowman & Littlefield as part of the "Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom" series. This edited volume traces the…
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Editor's Choice Ep. 6: Generation Exile w/ Rodrigo Dorfman
Filmmaker and author Rodrigo Dorfman joins the podcast to discuss his 2023 memoir Generation Exile: The Lives I Leave Behind. Spanning four continents and a hundred years of personal history, Generation Exile Provides an insightful meditation on one man's experience as a political exile and…
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Music, Politics, and Social Movements in Latin America
LAP contributing editor and ethnomusicologist Jonathan Ritter joins the podcast to discuss the May 2023 issue of LAP Music, Politics, and Social Movements in Latin America. Topics covered include the legacy of influential musical and political movements in Latin America alongside research on more...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 5: 'Cannibal Capitalism' w/ Nancy Fraser
Renowned marxist feminist scholar Nancy Fraser joins us to discuss her recent book Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It (Verso 2022). In this tightly argued and urgent volume, Fraser charts the voracious appetite of…
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Editor's Choice Ep. 4: 'The Condor Trials' w/ Francesca Lessa
International relations scholar Francesca Lessa joins us to discuss her book The Condor Trials: Transnational Repression and Human Rights in South America, (Yale University Press 2022). Through the voices of survivors and witnesses, human rights activists, judicial actors, journalists, and...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 3: 'La Violencia en El Espacio' con Carlos Salamanca Villamizar y Pamela Colombo
El arquitecto y antropólogo Carlos Salamanca Villamizar y socióloga Pamela Colombo conversan con nosotros sobre su libro La Violencia en El Espacio: Políticas urbanas y territoriales durante la dictadura cívico-militar en Argentina (1976-1983) (Universidad Nacional de Rosario Editora 2019).…
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El Estado y la Acumulación de Capital en México con Verónica Silva
Editora contribuyente del LAP Verónica Silva acompaña el podcast para conversar sobre su nuevo número para Marzo 2023: "El Estado y la Acumulación de Capital en México." Los temas discutido incluyen el proceso histórico del neoliberalismo y sus efectos en las políticas, la sociedad, y la económia...
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Editor's Choice Ep. 2: 'Pandemia' con Daniel Feierstein
El sociólogo argentino Daniel Feierstein conversa con nosotros sobre su libro Pandemia: Una balance social y político de la crisis del COVID-19 ( Fondo de Cultura Económica 2021). Durante la pandemia, Feierstein participó en consejos nacionales y provinciales, y grupos interdisciplinarios para...
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Brazil Under Bolsonaro w/ James N. Green & Tulio Ferreira
LAP contributing editors James N. Green and Tulio Ferreira join the podcast to discuss the January 2023 LAP issue "Brazil Under Bolsonaro: Social, Political, and Economic Impacts in the Country and in Latin America." Topics covered include the causes, consequences, and tragedies of Jair…
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Editor's Choice Ep. 1: Coup, A Story of Violence and Resistance in Bolivia
Authors Linda Farthing and Thomas Becker join us on our inaugural episode of "Editor's Choice" to discuss their book Coup: A Story of Violence and Resistance in Bolivia (Haymarket Books 2021). Coup tells the story of the 2019 Bolivian political crisis, providing a critical analysis of the 14…
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Social Struggle in Neoliberal Central America w/ Adrienne Pine
Anthropologist and LAP contributing editor Adrienne Pine discusses the November 2022 issue of LAP "Social Struggle in Neoliberal Central America." Topics covered include neoliberalism and the political-economic roots of violence and conflict in Central America, criticism of prominent...
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Marxism, Critical Thinking, and Andean Futures w/ Ronaldo Munck
Renowned intellectual and LAP contributing editor Professor Ronaldo Munck joins us to discuss the July 2022 issue of LAP "Marxism, Critical Thinking, and Andean Futures." Topics covered include the ideas and life of twentieth-century Marxist intellectual José Carlos Mariátegui, the critical...
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Reassessing Development: Dependency Theories and Debates w/ Ronald Chilcote & Joana Salem Vasconcelos
Alexander Scott speaks with LAP founding editor Ronald Chilcote and coordinating editor Joana Salem Vasconcelos to discuss their double issue of LAP "Reassessing Development: Past and Present Marxist Theories of Dependency and Periphery Debates," published in January and March of 2022. Topics...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast for discussion and debate on the political economy of capitalism, imperialism, and socialism in the Americas. For more than forty years Latin American Perspectives has served as the leading academic journal in Latin American Studies, publishing timely, progressive analyses of the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America. We currently produce two podcasts: Latin American Perspectives & Editors' Choice: Latin American Perspectives' Book Conversations.Latin American Perspectives features interviews with LAP issue editors, academics, and activists where participants discuss current research, political-economic issues, and social movements in Latin America. The podcast is hosted by sociologist and LAP coordinating editor Alexander Scott. Editors' Choice features interviews with authors of exciting new books in the fields of Latin American and Latino studies. The series is intended to share critical educational resources and information on a variety of topics and issues i
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