Following our April 9 webinar focused on select sites in Europe and Asia, a distinguished panel discussed governmental responses to the virus in Latin America, particularly what policies have been adopted for working people and what political ramifications are foreseen from the pandemic. Joseph McCartin, the executive director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown University, offered an introduction. Leon Fink, the editor of Labor: Studies in Working-Class History, moderated the discussion.
This program took place in English with live Spanish translation.
This event was co-sponsored by Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Global Health Initiative, and Center for Latin American Studies.
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Alberto Fernandez is a program officer for Mexico and the Andean region at the Solidarity Center.
Alexandre Fortes is a professor of history at the State University of Campinas in Brazil.
Gabriela Soto Laveaga is a professor of the history of science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico at Harvard University.
Marcio Monzane is the regional secretary of UNI Global Union, a federation that represents works in skills and services.
Suyapa Portillo Villeda is assistant professor of Chicano/a Latino/a transnational studies at Pitzer College in Claremont, California.
Angela Vergara is a professor of history at California State University, Los Angeles.
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