BY SUSANNA SHARPE Leer en español Olimpia Montserrat Valdivia and Fátima Valdivia are identical twin sisters from León, Guanajuato, Mexico, who are enrolled in the doctoral program at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at … [Read more...] about “Half of My Heart”: An Interview with Montserrat and Fátima Valdivia
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Overcoming Statelessness in Chile
BY FELIPE GONZÁLEZ MORALES Statelessness, or the lack of a nationality, is one of the worst conditions in which migrants and their descendants can find themselves. Deprived of a nationality, stateless persons often lack official documents, and have seriously limited access to education, health … [Read more...] about Overcoming Statelessness in Chile
Derechos en Crisis: A Conference at the Frontier of Activism and Scholarship
BY RUTH ELIZABETH VELÁSQUEZ ESTRADA We became conscious of the right to have rights and of the right to belong to an organized community only when millions of people had lost their rights, and could no longer recuperate them. —Agustín Estrada Negrete, political asylee and immigrant rights … [Read more...] about Derechos en Crisis: A Conference at the Frontier of Activism and Scholarship
