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Susan Wiedel
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Susan Wiedel is a senior at the University of Pittsburgh studying English Nonfiction Writing and Latin American Studies. In the summer of 2014, Susan participated in the Center for Latin American Studies' Seminar/Field Trip to Cochabamba, Bolivia, where she conducted a research project on the quality and attendance rates of public secondary schools in the city. The unique experience led her to become more involved in the Center by becoming a certificate student and writer for Panoramas.

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Thursday, October 22, 2015 - 13:00 0

Before we even meet the miners, Hector Tobar introduces us to a figure who is already...

Friday, September 25, 2015 - 16:45 0

While many eyes are turned towards the humanitarian crisis engulfing the Middle East and extending into Europe, many have lost focus on the humanitarian crisis that is taking place in the United...

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 17:00 0

Every day, millions of people in the Andes use coca like people in North America use coffee; they brew the leaves in hot water to make tea; some chew on the leaves to reenergize at work. For...

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 13:15 0

The year is 1959. Imagine you are an American tourist. During your stay, you withdraw money from an American-owned bank, use American-owned electricity, smoke...

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 - 14:15 0

In her first presidential speech in 2005, Michelle Bachelet remarked, “Who would have said…15 years ago that a woman would be elected president?”1 Yet...

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 14:30 0

For 50,000 Haitians and Dominicans, the pronunciation of the letter “r” was the difference between life and death.

In...

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 - 10:00 0

If Bill Clinton had been president of a Latin American country, then it would be statistically probable...

Friday, May 22, 2015 - 10:45 0

The crowd of students and professors filled a street in Old San Juan, chanting, “¡Somos estudiantes, no somos criminales!”[1] Puerto Rican police officers and a SWAT team...

Friday, May 1, 2015 - 12:00 0

If you walk down the Calle 1 in Havana, Cuba, you will come across a wrought-iron gate fixed with the Star of David in the center. Beyond the gates is a geometric 1950s-era building...

Friday, May 1, 2015 - 08:00 0

If you walk down the Calle 1 in Havana, Cuba, you will come across a wrought-iron gate fixed with the Star of David in the center. Beyond the gates is a...

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