Access the conference web site and the call for papers and panels for he 7th conference of the Nordic Latin American Research Network (NOLAN), to be organized by NorLARNet in Oslo on 27 – 29 November 2013.

Researcher and PhD candidate Cecilie Hirsch examines the challenges of implementing the international climate change mitigation initiative REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) in the Bolivian context, and focuses on the role of civil society and social movements in the shaping of environmental policy.

In this book Christian Krohn-Hansen, University of Oslo, asks both how Dominicans have influenced New York City and how the move to New York has affected the lives of Dominican immigrants.

In an article in Aftenposten 14 May 18 Norwegian Latin America researchers criticize Oslo Freedom Forum for being politically biased in relation to Latin America, weakening its credibility as a human rights forum. See also the response and follow-up.

Blog post by Leiv Marsteintredet, University of Oslo, on condistintosacentos, at the University of Salamanca, Spain.