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NBN Episodes hosted by Keith:

Daryle Williams, "The Rio de Janeiro Reader: History, Culture, Politics" (Duke UP, 2016)

May 10, 2016

The Rio de Janeiro Reader

Daryle Williams, Amy Chazkel, and Paulo Knauss, eds.
Hosted by Keith Simmons

Rio de Janeiro recently celebrated its 450th anniversary. Founded March, 1565, The Very Loyal and Heroic City of Saint Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro (th…

Erika Robb Larkins, "The Spectacular Favela: Violence in Modern Brazil" (U California Press, 2015)

October 9, 2015

The Spectacular Favela

Erika Robb Larkins
Hosted by Keith Simmons

After the emancipation of slavery in the late nineteenth century, Afro-Brazilians moved to cities like Rio de Janeiro in search of employment. Because…

William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh, "Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations Between Washington and Havana" (UNC Press, 2014)

July 24, 2015

Back Channel to Cuba

William LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh
Hosted by Keith Simmons

In December 2014, Cuba and the United States announced their renewed efforts to normalize relations. Diplomatic ties were severed in 1961 following th…

Rory Carroll, "Comandante: Hugo Chavez's Venezuela" (Penguin Books, 2013)

June 9, 2015

Comandante

Rory Carroll
Hosted by Keith Simmons

Historically, Venezuela is known as one of the most stable Latin American nations of the twentieth century. The subsequent discovery of oil transforme…

Gregory Weeks, "Understanding Latin American Politics" (Pearson, 2014)

October 8, 2014

Understanding Latin American Politics

Gregory Weeks
Hosted by Keith Simmons

What factors compel Central American residents to flee their home countries and head to the United States? What do national elections in Latin America…