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STEVEN J. GREEN SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
AT A GLANCE
MAJOR MEDIA & PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
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IRAN IS SLOWLY ENTRENCHING ITSELF AS A PLAYER IN THE UKRAINE WAR CNN, October 19, 2022
Iran’s military takes hard-line stance against growing unrest CBS News October 17, 2022 Political Science Professor Eric Lob, an expert on Iran, interviewed on CNN and CBS News in September and October 2022 regarding use of Iranian drones by Russia in Ukraine, as well as Iran’s hardline response to surge of protests against the regime.
Reaction to Brazilian Presidential Election Results BBC Newshour
Dr. Pereira interview begins at 39:18
October 30, 2022 Interview with Dr. Anthony Pereira, Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center
Bolsonaro exceeded expectations in Brazil’s first-round vote. But the odds are still against him Miami Herald October 4, 2022 | By Andres Oppenheimer
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Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs AT A GLANCE MAJOR MEDIA & PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
GREEN SCHOOL EXPERTS FEATURED IN MAJOR MEDIA THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND ABROAD Florida has long been a sanctuary for immigrants. That’s now being tested Washington Post September 24, 2022 “There is nothing like this in the history of Cuban migration,” said Jorge Duany, director of the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University. “Whether by land, sea or air, nothing can compare to this.”
Family fights to free beloved US lawyer imprisoned in Venezuela The Guardian Brian Fonseca, Director of FIU’s Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, spoke about Eyvin Hernandez, a 44-year-old lawyer picked up by Venezuelan security forces near the Colombia-Venezuela border. “Detainees are being leveraged in the context of negotiations between countries to change policy.”
NBC’s Today Show
2022 FIU Cuba Poll Media Event
Est. National Audience 3,259,057
NBC News October 25, 2022
Professor Eduardo Gamarra of FIU called this kidnapping
Most Cuban Americans disapprove of Biden SCAN FOR FIU CUBA POLL
Violence and Disarray in Haiti
on the issues, but new arrivals like him, FIU Cuba Poll finds
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$1,026,381
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a crime of opportunity. “A foreigner is going to be an easy target, there are no authorities to go to, there’s no police, there’s no military, there hasn’t been a military for decades.”
Fake news speaks many languages, but it’s particularly fond of Spanish Washington Post July 2022
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Eduardo Gamarra, a professor at Florida International
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University who researches disinformation, said while much of the fake news that reaches Spanish-speaking Latinos Online News
TV
Radio
Online News
TV
Radio
in the U.S. is translated from English, plenty of it originates in Latin America.
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OTHER NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Mitzi Carter acknowledges Florida’s Native Tribes as the stewards of the land
Green School’s “Real Triumphs Grad” goes to Italy to inform future FIU partnerships, study abroad opportunity
Global Indigenous Forum Director
Recent Green School graduate
Mitzi Carter works to bring awareness of
Amelia Raudales ’22 and student Michelle
Florida’s indigenous history. “Indigenous
Puentes were awarded a weeklong trip to
communities are often rendered
Genoa, Italy, by FIU Global to experience
invisible due to legacies of violence.
the city’s rich culture and history; meet
Through recognition and action, we can
with local university administrators
understand the harm that has been done
and business leaders; and identify
and create ways to heal.”
opportunities for FIU students who may be
Maurice A. Ferré Institute receives two significant gifts More students will get to experience and learn from the legacy of former Miami Mayor Maurice A. Ferré, thanks to two recent gifts: $100,000 from the Anthony R. Abraham Foundation for scholarships and $25,000 from FIU alumnus Paul Carl Velez ’75 ’77, president and CEO of the Borinquen Health Care Center in Miami.
interested in studying or interning abroad.
$1 million gift to Jaffer Center to fund visiting professorship The Meghji Family Trust has donated $1 million to the Mohsin & Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies to establish a visiting professorship, the
As USAID interns, Green School students provide humanitarian aid around the world
Prophet Muhammad Visiting Professor of
Green School student Andres Velasco,
Islam Studies.
Shi’a Islam Studies, and help the center work toward building a program in Shi’a
a senior studying history, is one of three FIU students interning at the U.S. Agency for International Development. “There are not many internships where one can say
Green School exploring professorship to focus on peace initiatives Working with a donor, the Green School is exploring creating a professorship whose work will focus on the peace initiatives between Israelis and Palestinians, to be housed within the Moshin & Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies.
their work directly contributed to saving lives across the globe.”
The Little Red Dot Amidst U.S.-China Rivalry Great Power Competition examining U.S.-China great power
Video project on former Miami Mayor Ferré highlights his legacy
competition from the perspective
Miami Mayor Maurice A. Ferré’s eldest
of Singapore/Southeast Asia with
daughter, Meme Ferré, and producer
Dr. Adrian Ang, Coordinator of the United
Aaron Glickman have interviewed
States Programme at the Institute of
community leaders and close friends
Defense and Strategic Studies, part of
of the late mayor for a video project on
the S. Rajaratnam School of International
the importance of civic leadership and
Studies at the Nanyang Technological
engagement. The video will premiere at a
University, Singapore.
fundraiser at the Perez Art Museum Miami.
The Green School hosted a conversation
3 FIU Model UN students named to all-star team Described as the “most respected leaders in the Model UN community, All-Stars are considered the best and brightest in collegiate Model UN. Hayley Serpa, Alexander Sutton and Marek Kong were Model UN head delegates named to the 2021-22 All-Stars Team.
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KIMBERLY GREEN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CENTER
HIGHLIGHTS Appointment of LACC Director
Launch of the Program of Excellence in Brazilian Studies (PROBRAS)
Hemisphere, LACC’s flagship publication,
Dr. Anthony Pereira,
Our vision for PROBRAS includes
is celebrating its 30th year of
previously the director
three main pillars: a) Brazilian Culture,
publication. It features articles
of the Brazilian Studies
History and Language; b) Environmental
from academics around
Institute at King’s
Governance, Conservation and
the world who study Latin
College of London
Sustainability; and c) Business. Our long-
America and the Caribbean.
term goal includes positioning PROBRAS
Issues revolve around a central
Appointment of LACC Director of Academic Programs
among the top 10 Brazilian studies
topic of contemporary relevance in the
programs in the U.S.
Americas, with an emphasis on the
Dr. Gabriela Hoberman
G.R.E.A.T. Grant Award
social sciences. 2021 Volume, “Living with Lies” is available online.
Jose Miguel Cruz (Director of Research), Ana Carazo, and Ryan Meldrum have been awarded a 3-year, $600,000 grant by the US Dept. of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs to co-lead (with Notre Dame) an evaluation of the Gang Resistance Education and Training Program in El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica & Panama.
Reflections on Haiti Series October 2022 The Reflections on Haiti series began
DuoLingo, Haitian Creole course development Professor of Haitian Creole and Haitian
The African Diaspora in the Bolivian High Andes: The Struggle for Cultural, Social, and Political Representation
Nick André, Associate Teaching Studies Certificate Director at LACC,
in July 2021, featuring experts residing
Programming that stems from the 2021
created the Haitian Creole course on
in Haiti to provide their insight and
LACC High Andes Qualitative Field
language-learning app Duolingo in
perspectives on the current situation
Study for MSI and CC Faculty, part of
collaboration with former student
and how it affects arts and culture,
the LACC Andean Studies Program
Nyya Flores Toussaint, recipient of the
education, and the financial and medical
of Excellence. Highlight of LACC
LACC FLAS Award for Haitian Creole
sectors. Presented in Haitian Creole
collaboration with HBCUs Morehouse
(BA ’17). It is the first-of-its-kind free,
with English interpretation.
College and Spelman College.
digital course for Haitian Creole.
This year marked the 25th year of the
Series on Colombian Presidential Elections
Conference on Migration in the Americas: The Workings of Collective Hope
LACC Haitian Summer Institute. We
In collaboration with the Universidad del
A conference to analyze the current
hosted 17 students in the six-week
Norte in Colombia, LACC hosted a three-
state of migrations throughout the
program designed for anyone interested
part series devoted to the presidential
Americas. LACC will host the second
in acquiring basic conversational
elections in Colombia. The series
installment of the conference next
proficiency in Haitian Creole and
featured scholars from Colombia and
year at the University of California,
for students who wish to continue
FIU and had great attendance with 800
San Diego. Part of LACC’s Migration
their training at the intermediate and
people attending including more than
and Transient Communities Program
advanced levels.
44,000 post-event views on YouTube.
of Excellence.
Haitian Summer Institute
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