The racist controversies at the World Cup reignited an old debate: how the ideal of “whitening” shaped national identity in Argentina and much of Latin America and continues to shape its inequalities.
We seem to be approaching a new attempt to establish spheres of influence, but with serious and spurious consequences for most of the peoples, nations and states of the world.
With former US President Jimmy Carter in hospice care, Latin America and the Caribbean are about to lose a respectful interlocutor who cared deeply about the region.
Coauthor Júlia Tordeur
The community of citizens of Armenian origin in Latin America, although not the largest, stands out as one of the most active, heterogeneous and influential in the region.