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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In Canal Dreamers, Jessica Lepler describes schemes for an Atlantic–Pacific canal from the 1820s, showing how unrealized projects shaped geopolitics and spatial imaginaries. Francisco Javier Bonilla welcomes this yet remains sceptical of the book’s North–South binary. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Agustín Arosteguy finds Lucy Trotter’s The Sound of Welsh Patagonia an innovative ethnography of Y Wladfa, showing how music and sound shape Welsh identity and belonging in Patagonia while engaging with the region’s settler colonial past. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Richard Francaviglia finds that Fabricio Tocco’s Precarious Secrets offers a rich and insightful analysis of the history of the Latin American political thriller, examining the genre in relation to political and social realities on the ground. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Guillermo Williams describes Lucy Taylor’s book, Global Politics of Welsh Patagonia, as a profound, concise, and critical account of the colonization processes that followed the establishment of Welsh settlements in Patagonia in 1865. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Land of the Lacandón examines Count Bernard de Sainte-Jull de Colmont’s expedition to produce knowledge about the Lacandón. In his review, George Lovell notes how the book’s treatment of de Colmont is measured and thoughtful, neither excusing nor condemning him. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In the Essential Sarmiento, William Acree features Sarmiento in his own words, highlighting his rivalries, opinions, accomplishments, and obsessions. Eric Carter finds that the book provides new access to a pivotal historical figure. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Louis Mancini-Pecnard presents his undergraduate thesis on the role of Pentecoastalism in Brazil. He uses religion and spirituality as analytical lenses to understand how poverty is experienced and development is imagined and articulated from positions of marginality. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Jeremy Slack and Howard Campbell examine how the changing landscape of organized crime in Mexico affects people when they return or are removed to Mexico. The article analyses the factors motivating people to flee and the potential harms and challenges of returning. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In this article Lorena Arias Solano analyses the infrastructural violence of the sugarcane industry in Colombia, analysing how colonial logic is engrained in contemporary plantations, and imposes multiple forms of violence on marginalized populations. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In this article, Meghan Albritton and co-authors examine the social and community health impacts of mining in Guatemala, demonstrating how intersecting social, political and economic conditions produce a syndemic that exacerbates both health and social challenges. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In this article, Cassiano Bragagnolo and Marcellus Caldas explore how policies and regional dynamics have driven the recent expansion of wheat production in the Brazilian Cerrado, highlighting the opportunities and challenges of this development. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Amanda Orozco e Juliana Nunes analisam os processos de regionalização no âmbito do SUS no Brasil, e mostram como a eficácia da regionalização depende não apenas de regulamentações formais, mas também da forma como arranjos territoriais e institucionais se articulam. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The editorial shares news about the journal’s updated design, and introduces new members of the editorial board. In addition, it announces the exciting achievement of JLAG being accepted into the Scopus index. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

@jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the publication of the first issue of the year 2026! @jlatamgeog.bsky.social l está orgullosa de anunciar la primera publicación del año 2026! @jlatamgeog.bsky.social sky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a primeira publicação do ano de 2026!

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Grupo de Geografía de América Latina - AGEAL @ageal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Publicada la 2º circular del XII Congreso Internacional de Geografía de América Latina 🗓️27-29 de enero de 2027 🏛️Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Tarragona (España) 👉http://congreso.ageal.es @age-geografia.bsky.social @ggeourbana.bsky.social @gge-age.bsky.social @jlatamgeog.bsky.social

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The issue features a Book Review Forum on Sam Halvorsen’s edited textbook, Latin American Geographies, which attempts to make a range of scholarship from the region accessible to students, with the wider aim of decentering Anglophone narratives of geography. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

In this Perspective, Lyall and Rayner outline the characteristics of oligarchic rule under President Daniel Noboa and its implications for environmental politics. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

In this article, Pérez Jiménez analyzes the recent expansion of mining frontiers in Mexico, highlighting the growing dominance of open-pit mining and documenting a sharp rise in socioenvironmental conflicts over the past decade. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

EN: This special issue brings together research on the social, environmental, and political-economic dimensions of resource extraction in Latin America, with a focus on mining in the region. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Celebrating the start of 2026, @jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the latest JLAG publication in 2025, issue 24(3). muse.jhu.edu/issue/56094

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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

When Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the restoration of the Matanza Riachuelo River in 2008 - one of the world's most polluted waterways - it was hailed as an #EnvironmentalJustice victory. But restoration for whom? Regina Ruete & Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco in: 📚 muse.jhu.edu/article/971717

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In this review, Spears considers how Connecting China, Latin America, and the Caribbean is able to bring contributions from scholars to offer a perspective on the socio-economic transformations induced by Chinese investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In this piece, Valdivia introduces the set of JLAG Perspectives that were presented at the 2025 JLAG annual lecture at the AAG, Weaving Together the Americas, a dialogue between Latin American and Latinx geographies. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

En su artículo, Morales Ventura y colegas analizan el extractivismo de la tierra a través del arrendamiento y la aparcería en el contexto del rápido crecimiento en la producción de agave para tequila en México, debido a las inversiones de empresas multinacionales. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

In the editorial, we emphasize that JLAG's articles and events aim to foster interepistemic dialogue and the construction of cross-border knowledge. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Project MUSE - Compartiendo y Conviviendo: Building Reciprocal and Transborder Knowledge Communities

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

@jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the publication of issue 24(2). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(2). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(2).

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

In this review, Rasmussen notes how the Bennison's book invites reflection on historical continuities and ruptures in the constitution of water authorities and their relationship to broader societal reproduction. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

This JLAG Perspective describes the socio-ecological consequences of high U.S. demand for avocados, which acts upon and transforms Mexican landscapes, as highland forests in Michoacán, Mexico, are cleared for avocado farming for export north. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Frisbie, Spera and Salisbury investigates transboundary roadbuilding in Brazil and Peru and the potential impact on several ecosystem services, including intact land cover, carbon sequestration, wildlife diversity, habitat connectivity, and ethnolinguistic diversity. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

In this issue’s Letter from the Editors, we express our continued commitment to the mission of integration and support for diverse research in the context of geographers in and of Latin America. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

@jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the publication of issue 24(1). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(1). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(1).

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Reminder! 🌟AAG JLAG Lecture: "Weaving together the Americas: Communities, bridges, belonging, from Abya Yala to Turtle Island" with Lorena Muñoz, Sofia Zaragocin, Yolanda Valencia & Madelaine Cahuas. 🌎 TODAY 10:10-11:30, Room 430A, Level 4, Huntington Place. All welcome🧉@geographers.bsky.social #AAG

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Journal of Latin American Geography @jlatamgeog.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

2025 JLAG Lecture, AAG Detroit: "Weaving together the Americas: Communities, bridges, belonging, from Abya Yala to Turtle Island", featuring Lorena Muñoz, Sofia Zaragocin, Yolanda Valencia, and Madelaine Cahuas, who will reflect on the intersections of Latin American and Latinx geographies.

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Joel E. Correia @joelecorreia.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Job announcement! "Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies" See link below for full info 👇 jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... #climatesky #geosky #greensky @geographers.bsky.social @lag-uk.bsky.social @jlatamgeog.bsky.social

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Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies

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