Explores how drug production and consumption has affected Latin America’s political, cultural and economic life and shaped US foreign policy toward the region. Discusses the history of different psychoactive substances and analyzes why certain drugs became illegal. Pays particular attention to the relationship between strategies of interdiction, poverty, and drug violence. Limited to 35.
| Catalog | Subject | Faculty | Level | HASS | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21H.170 17.55 21A.130 21G.084 | Introduction to Latin American Studies |
Tanalís Padilla | Introductory | HASS-S | CI-H |
| 21H.172 21G.078 | Latin America Through FilmNot offered regularly; consult department |
Tanalís Padilla | Introductory | HASS-H | |
| 21H.173 | Socialism in Latin America, from Che Guevara to Hugo Chavez |
Tanalís Padilla | Introductory | HASS-H | |
| 21H.270 21A.131 | Latinx in the Age of Empire |
Tanalís Padilla
Héctor Beltrán |
Intermediate | HASS-H | |
| 21H.274 21G.731 | Creation of a Continent: Representations of Hispanic America, 1492-1898, in Literature and Film |
Paloma Duong | Intermediate | HASS-H |