The 25th Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference 2022

The 25th Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference University of Pittsburgh Program April 7-9, 2022

The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) as part of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) at the University of Pittsburgh welcomes faculty and students to the Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference. For 25 years we have welcomed researchers from around the world to Pittsburgh, creating spaces where the scientific community can discuss the past, present, and future of Latin America, Caribbean, and its Diasporas. Though this is always important, it seems even more crucial these days.

LASPP conference participants, authors and presenters will benefit from CLAS' extensive international network and in-house scholars, to collect insightful feedback benefitting from top researchers in Latin American Studies. As a way to lower barriers for scientific exchange, papers may be presented in English, Spanish, and/or Portuguese.

The Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference Program

For information on each panel, times, and registration, click on the corresponding list below—All events are presented in hybrid mode; we ask that you please register, whether you are attending In-person or virtually). All panels are in Pittsburgh (Eastern USA Daylight Savings Time Zone, equivalent to GMT -4).

Thursday, April 7, 2022 12:15 P.M.—Opening Remarks 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall 12:30-1:45 P.M.—The Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nisia Trindade Lima President, FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz) (ZOOM presentation) Pandemic and social inequalities~The experience of Brazil 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall (ZOOM presentation) Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/ctydmfzw 2:00-3:30 P.M.—Amazonian Program Panel 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/7kduxse3 3:45-5:15 P.M.—Gender (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/7kduxse3 Friday, April 8, 2022 8:45-10:00 A.M.—CLAS LASPP Course Panel: Abortion Rights, Civic Education, and Truth and Reconciliation in Latin America 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92074481413

8:45-10:00 A.M.—Indigenous/ Minorities (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/4dpu8zu5

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10:15-11:30 A.M.—Inequality (English, Spanish) 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92074481413 10:15-11:30 A.M.—Institutions and Corruption (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/4dpu8zu5 11:45AM-1:15 P.M.— The 25th Latin American Social and Public Policy Invited Speaker~~Dr. Maureen Lichtveld: From pollution to prevention: common threats and opportunities in the Americas 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall (In-person presentation) Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/2p8nssf7 1:30-2:45 P.M.—COVID (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/4dpu8zu5

1:30-2:45 P.M.—CLAS LASPP Course Panel: Environmental and Foreign Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (English) 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92074481413

Saturday, April 9, 2022 9:00-10:15 A.M.—Migration (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/yryz7ee9

The 21st Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Latin American Social Public Policy Keynote Speaker

Dr. Nisia Trindade Lima

President, FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz) (ZOOM presentation)

“Pandemic and social inequalities: The experience of Brazil” Thursday, April 7, 2022 12:30 p.m.

4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Dr. Lima, a highly awarded researcher, teacher, sociologist, and former vice-president of Fiocruz, is the first woman to chair the institution in its 116-year history.

Dr. Lima has been a Fiocruz civil servant for almost three decades. She was one of the founders of the specialization course on History of Health in the Amazon, as well as the History of Science and Health Graduate Program at the House of Oswaldo Cruz.

Her major role in shaping-up the partnership between Fiocruz and the Brazilian Government helped in enhancing the preservation of both cultural and tangible heritage of Health in Brazil.

She earned a medal of honor from the Brazilian Academy of Letters and another during the Foundation's 100th anniversary.

This event presented in hybrid mode; we ask that you please register, whether you are attending In-person or virtually).

To register, click “HERE” For in-person participants, lunch will be provided.

The 25th Latin American Social and Public Policy Invited Speaker

Dr. Maureen Lichtveld

Dean, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh (In-person presentation)

“From pollution to prevention: common threats and opportunities in the Americas” Friday, April 8, 2022 11:45 A.M. 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Maureen Lichtveld, MD, MPH, is dean of the Graduate School of Public Health, where she oversees the growth and continued success of the school’s seven academic departments and hundreds of students, faculty, and staff.

She also serves as professor of environmental and occupational health and is the Jonas Salk Professor of Population Health.

Dr. Lichtveld studies environmental public health, focusing on environmentally induced disease, health disparities, environmental health policy, disaster preparedness, public health systems, and community resilience. Her research examines the cumulative impact of chemical and nonchemical stressors on communities facing environmental health threats, disasters, and health disparities.

Before joining Pitt in January 2021, Dr. Lichtveld chaired Tulane University’s Department of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She also directed the Center for Gulf Coast Environmental Health Research, Leadership, and Strategic Initiatives within Tulane’s public health and tropical medicine school. In this role, Dr. Lichtveld led development and implementation of disaster management, health promotion, and diseaseprevention strategies for Gulf Coast communities. Prior to her arrival at Tulane in 2005, Dr. Lichtveld spent 18 years with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, where she designed public health research tools and protocols to guide environmental health studies in communities located near hazardous waste sites.

Dr. Lichtveld is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a member of the board of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health. She received her MPH from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Hygiene and Public Health and her MD from Anton de Kom University of Suriname and the University of Leiden in the Netherlands.

This event presented in hybrid mode; we ask that you please register, whether you are attending In-person or virtually). To register, click “HERE” For in-person participants, lunch will be provided.

The 25th Latin American Social and Public Policy Conference University of Pittsburgh Program April 7-9, 2022 Thursday, April 7, 2022 12:15 P.M.—Opening Remarks 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall 12:30-1:45 P.M.—The Carmelo Mesa-Lago Distinguished Keynote Speaker: 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/ctydmfzw  Dr. Nisia Trindade Lima, (ZOOM presentation) President, FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz) "Pandemic and social inequalities: the experience of Brazil" For in-person participants, lunch will be provided.

2:00-3:30 P.M.—Amazonian Program Panel (English) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/7kduxse3  Roberta Mendonça de Carvalho, University of Pittsburgh  Claudio Fabian Szlafsztein, Professor, Center of Amazonian Advanced Studies, Federal University of Pará (UFPA) and Visiting Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Center for Latin American Studies  Ernesto T. A. Marques, Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Public Health Researcher, FIOCRUZ Moderator: Keila Grinberg, University of Pittsburgh

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3:45-5:15 P.M.—Gender (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/7kduxse3  Reid Douglas, University of Amsterdam “Sexual Diversity and Public Internet in Cuba”

 Gabriela Gallardo, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas “La alternativa del Sumak Kawsay desde las Mujeres Indígenas Julia Walker  Flavio Carrera, Universidad San Francisco de Quito “Movilidad humana, comunidades LGBTIQ+ y Derechos Humanos en el contexto de la pandemia en Ecuador”  Carla Gomez-Briones, University of Pittsburgh “Women’s poverty and Conditional Cash Transfers in Ecuador” Discussant: David Tenorio, University of Pittsburgh Friday, April 8, 2022 8:45-10:00 A.M.—CLAS LASPP Course Panel: Abortion Rights, Civic Education, and Truth and Reconciliation in Latin America 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92074481413

 Jennifer Ponce Cori, University of Pittsburgh “Civic and Citizenship Education in Latin America: Explorative Research”  Emily Crisan, University of Pittsburgh “Abortion Policy in Latin America”  Cristopher Prieto-Diaz, University of Pittsburgh “Truth and Reconciliation Commissions in Latin America: The Cases of Argentina and El Salvador” Discussant: Jorge Delgado, University of Pittsburgh

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Friday, April 8, 2022, continued…

8:45-10:00 A.M.—Indigenous/ Minorities (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/4dpu8zu5  Diego Cortes, University of Pittsburgh Bradford “Autonomous Education and Indigenous Mobilization in Colombia”  Mariana Aristizabal, University of Pittsburgh “Lenguas en Contacto: El caso Leticia”  Marcia Chuva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro “Restituição e reparação: refletindo sobre patrimônios em diáspora” Discussant: Manuel Roman-Lacayo, University of Pittsburgh

10:15-11:30 A.M.—Inequality (English) 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92074481413

 Breno Marisguia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais “Welfare States' Visibility and Its Impact on The Support for Policies Aimed at Reducing Inequality in Latin American Countries”  Mario Pineda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras “The social classes during the neoliberal accumulation model in Honduras”  Steph Spirk, University of Pittsburgh “Income Inequality in Latin America”  Reinier Borrego, Universidad Jaume I “Afrodescendencia y desigualdades en salud en la agenda de la OPS/OMS: 1902-2030” Discussant: Javier Vazquez D’Elia, University of Pittsburgh

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Friday, April 8, 2022, continued…

10:15-11:30 A.M.—Institutions and Corruption (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/4dpu8zu5  Rocio Medina, Universidad del Pacifico “¿Sancionar la corrupción funciona?: Efectos del castigo de la corrupción en los gobiernos subnacionales sobre la pobreza multidimensional”  Giacomo Finzi, Universidad Nacional de Colombia “La Constitución de 1980 en Chile: entre democracia limitada, autoritarismo y neoliberalismo. El impacto del pensamiento político de Friedrich von Hayek y Jaime Guzmán”  Francisco Jimenez, Florida International University “Anti-Corruption policies in Latin America and the new frontiers of accountability”  Julia Borges, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro “Política da Água: Uma Política de Escassez Hídrica é implementada no Rio de Janeiro?”

Discussant: Jose Luis Incio Coronado, University of Pittsburgh

11:45AM-1:15 P.M.— The 25th Latin American Social and Public Policy Invited Speaker 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/2p8nssf7  Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, Dean, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh (In-person presentation) “From pollution to prevention: common threats and opportunities in the Americas” For in-person participants, lunch will be provided.

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Friday, April 8, 2022, continued…

1:30-2:45 P.M.—COVID (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/4dpu8zu5  Jose Emilio Vasconez, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador “Financiamiento para el desarrollo económico de América Latina – COVID”  Esteban Ro Castro, Universidad Internacional del Ecuador “Transformaciones en la política exterior de América Latina después del COVID-19”  Justin Perry, University of the District of Columbia “Economic Democracy in the Hinterland” Discussant: Javier Vazquez D’Elia, University of Pittsburgh

1:30-2:45 P.M.—CLAS LASPP Course Panel: Environmental and Foreign Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (English) 4217 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://pitt.zoom.us/j/92074481413

 Luciana Lemos, University of Pittsburgh “Latin America and the Caribbean, between droughts and floods: the SDGs and policies strategies for disaster risk mitigation”  Miguel Ortiz, University of Pittsburgh “A review of International, Guatemalan, and Canadian Policies at the Intersection of Indigenous Populations and Extractive Mining in Guatemala”  Aoxiang Wang, University of Pittsburgh “Latin America and the Caribbean’s China Policy” Discussant: Jorge Delgado, University of Pittsburgh

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Saturday, April 9, 2022 9:00-10:15 A.M.—Migration (English, Spanish) 4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall Zoom link registration (In-person or virtually): https://tinyurl.com/yryz7ee9  Ethol Exime, Universidad Estatal del Oeste de Parana - Unioeste “"LAKAY SE LAKAY" solidaridad informativa entre los haitianos en Brasil durante la pandemia del covid-19”  Clemente Quinones, Georgia Gwinnett College “Status of Migration Governance in Latin America and Policy Recommendations”  Jordan Lloyd, Georgetown University “Tropical Destination or Hazardous Home? A Study of SocioEconomic Integration of Migrant Populations in Costa Rica” Discussant: Juan Fernando Velasquez, Universidad de Antioquia

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The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) University Center for International Studies (UCIS) University of Pittsburgh

The mission of CLAS is to promote global understanding through support for teaching, learning, & research in and on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diverse diasporic communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin. CLAS provides faculty with the resources and intellectual environment to realize cuttingedge research, and students with unequaled educational experience and a solid path to a successful career.

Through its community engagement programs, the center shares its resources regionally, nationally, & internationally.

Thank you to all the participants, and discussants that helped make this conference possible.

LASPP Committee: Carla Gomez, 2021-2022 LASPP Fellow Jose Luis Incio, 2021-2022 LASPP Fellow Luciana Lemos, 2020-2021 LASPP Fellow Matthew Plishka, 2021-2022 LASPP Fellow Luz Amanda Hank, Assistant Director, Partnerships & Programming/LASPP Coordinator Luis Van Fossen Bravo, CLAS Academic Advisor/ LASPP Fellowship Coordinator Thank you to the CLAS Staff for all the support: Alexis Takoushian, CLAS Administrative & Program Assistant Manuel Roman-Lacayo, CLAS Associate Director Keila Grinberg, CLAS Director Courtney Newhouse, CLAS Financial Administrator University Center for International Studies (UCIS) A special “Thank you” to all our Student Volunteers—without them this would not be possible.

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