History and Institutions in Latin America

In the last decades Latin America has been affected by significant changes from the political, economic, social and inter-regional equilibrium perspective. The course aims to provide students of the degree with the tools and the keys to understand some aspects of Latin American reality, inserting them in their historical context and in connection with the inter-regional relations. The first lessons will be focused on the advent of political leaders identified as innovators and progressives; their purpose will be analysed inserting in the specific national and historical contexts and in the larger context of inter-regional relations.
Particular attention will be given to the protection of rights emerging in the last decades (for example, the rights of the victims of the dictatorships and civil wars, indigenous rights).

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