Università Roma Tre

The course aims at providing students and students with tools for understanding the contemporary history of Latin America and current dynamics in the region.
Particular attention will be paid to the following topics:

State-Building and Nation Building Processes
International relations of Latin America
Nationalism
Populisms and neo-populisms
Latin American Cold War
Cuban revolution and revolutionary cycle
Liberation theology
Counter-revolution, Doctrina de Seguridad Nacional, Plan Condor
Military dictatorships and internal armed conflicts
Processes of internal "enemy" construction
Desaparición forzada
Democratic transitions and peace processes
Justicia transicional and politics of memory
Migration and exile
Violence, crime, drug trafficking
Native populations and environment
Latin America in the global scenario

Attending students, in addition to the essays provided by the lecturer, will prepare the examination on the following texts:


Massimo De Giuseppe, Gianni La Bella, Storia dell'America Latina Contemporanea, il Mulino, 2019

Francesca Lessa, I processi Condor. La repressione transnazionale e i diritti umani in America del Sud, 24marzo Onlus/Qudulibri 2023




Non-attending students will have to study the following texts:


1) Massimo De Giuseppe, Gianni La Bella, Storia dell'America Latina Contemporanea, il Mulino, 2019

2) Francesca Lessa, I processi Condor. La repressione transnazionale e i diritti umani in America del Sud, 24marzo Onlus/Qudulibri 2023

5) Raffale Nocera, Paolo Wulzer, L' America Latina nella politica internazionale. Dalla fine del sistema bipolare alla crisi dell'ordine liberale, Carocci, Roma 2020