The Latin Americanist
Edited by Jürgen Buchenau, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Frequency: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter
Latest Issue: Volume 66-1 March 2022
Size: 6” x 9”, DIGITAL ONLY
Bibliographic Information: ISSN: 1557-203X
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About the Journal
As the oldest continuously published Latin American Studies journal, The Latin Americanist is dedicated to comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and tri-lingual coverage of the field—including Latin American history, literature, political science, and anthropology.
The Latin Americanist publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed original articles, review essays, and book reviews, as well as news of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) and its members. Published quarterly with articles in three languages (English, Spanish, and Portuguese), TLA serves as an important international resource for all individuals concerned with Latin American Studies.
About the Editor
Jurgen Buchenau is Chair and Professor of History at UNC Charlotte and the director of the M.A. in Latin American Studies. He has authored or edited a large number of books, articles, and book chapters on Latin American history, with a specialization in twentieth-century Mexico.
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Editor
Jürgen Buchenau, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Editor of SECOLAS Annals
Gregory Crider, Winthrop University
Book Review Editor
Colin Snider, University of Texas at Tyler
Editorial Board
Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Rebecca Atencio, Tulane University
Juan Carlos Rodrigo Cordero, Universidad Estatal de Distancia, Costa Rica
Rafael E. Hernández, Converse College
Thomas Leonard, University of North Florida
Fiona Macaulay, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
Stephen D. Morris, Middle Tennessee University
Jean F. Mayer, Concordia University
Louis Pérez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thomas Rogers, Emory University
Javier Couso Salas, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Bruce Dean Willis, University of Tulsa
James Wood, North Carolina A&T State University
Table of Contents
Volume 66, Number 1, March 2022
Articles
José Manuel Batista
The Whitewash of Blackface in Fernando Perez’s José Martí: El ojo del canario (2010)
Jonathan C. Brown
Omar Torrijos and the Sandinista Revolution
Gabrielle Esparza
The Politics of Human Rights Prosecutions: Civil Military Relations during the Alfonsín Presidency
Peter J. Ferdinando
“Recovered amber…at the cost of my royal estate”: Ambergris, Florida Governors, and the Spanish Crown, 1592–1657
Rafael Ocasio
Franz Boas’s trip to Puerto Rico (1915) and the Contemporary Boriken Nation
Javier Eduardo Pabón
Abuelo-palenque: estética, pedagogía, y lucha política en las enseñanzas del Abuelo Zenón/Abuelo-Palenque: aesthetics, pedagogy, and political struggle in the teachings of Abuelo Zenón
Carlos Macías Prieto
The “Other” Sor Juana: Racialized Subjectivities, Languages, and Cultures in the Ensaladilla to the Villancico Series in Honor of San Pedro Nolasco (1677)
Oğuzhan Yener
El establecimiento del Consulado General del Imperio Otomano en Buenos Aires y el papel de la emigración, según los archivos otomanos, 1870–1910
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