CLAS Hosts Conversation with Congresswoman-elect Karmen Ramírez Boscán
On June 8, 2022, Boston University’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), an affiliated center of Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, hosted a conversation with Colombian Congresswoman-elect Karmen Ramírez Boscán, a Geneva-based indigenous Wayúu woman who was selected to represent overseas Colombians in the Congress.
During the event, Karmen Ramírez Boscán – founder of Fuerza Mujeres Wayuu and a member of the coalition Pacto Histórico – broke down the challenges facing Colombia today.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
CLAS provides students with a versatile and powerful vehicle to develop an in-depth and interdisciplinary understanding of the Latin American region. The program offers students a wide variety of regionally-focused courses in Latin America, which are taught by a range of academic departments. The interdisciplinary nature of the program provides the necessary breadth and depth for students to understand the complexities and remarkable diversity of Latin America, defined as the 20 independent countries in the Western Hemisphere south of the United States with Spanish, French, or Portuguese as their official languages. Learn more about this center on the CLAS website.