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Americans must understand the historic context of Venezuela invasion
UC Santa Cruz Professors Lily Balloffet and Jeff Erbig wrote an opinion article about the importance of learning Latin American History and how this perspective can inform the way Americans understand and respond to the Trump Administration’s invasion of Venezuela.
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Lessons from a historic quest to heal spider bites are helping to fight neglected tropical diseases today
Associate Professor Lily Balloffet’s latest research traces successful early efforts to produce new antivenoms in Latin America and explores implications for modern public health issues, like snakebite and Chagas disease
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What Americans can learn from the longtime playbook of U.S. imperialism abroad
Associate professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Lily Pearl Balloffet and Professor of Environmental Studies Gregory S. Gilbert argue that U.S. imperialism is now being deployed at home, and Latin America holds clues on what might come next and effective strategies to resist.