Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS) Digital Conference Series 2025
Emerging Perspectives in Latin American Scholarship

https://springfield.zoom.us/j/84902938826

Wednesday, November 12, 2025 
3:00pm – 5:00pm EST

Chair: Richard M. Balzano — Springfield College / Western New Mexico University

Carlos Ricaurte and Lucas Sastre — Florida International University
“The Colombian Crucible: Land Concentration and Market-oriented Rural Development in Coastal Colombia”

Marek Kong — Florida International University
“US-Panama Relations in the Context of Expropriation”

Ariel Robledo — Florida International University
“The Green Wars: Environmental Crime and Regional Stability in the Amazon Basin

Day 2 Keynote: Thomas Andrew O’Keefe — Stanford University / Indigenous ADR                “The Legal Obligation to Consult with Impacted Indigenous Communities”