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Covering Culture

The News from Latin America in Paint, Cinema, and Song

To journalism professor Lydia Chavez, covering arts and culture doesn't mean just cranking out reviews. Reporting on what a nation reads, watches, sees, and sings, she says, can often be the way to get the real news.

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The Berkeley Legacy

1956: Berkeley Founds the Center for Latin American Studies

The humanities and social sciences come together to serve the once academically neglected half of the Western Hemisphere.

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