Meet the Latin American Affairs Branch

Chair: Julia Minguez

Main Intiatives

Speaker Events

The Latam branch encourages and brings influential speakers on campus to give advice to Wharton Latino members.

Increasing Latam Engagement

The community can read and learn by using the El Periodico Instagram through weekly posts on important Latam news and student-written OP-Eds.

Promote Discourse on Daily News

Through these posts on Instagram, students can open healthy discussions with the members and create awareness.

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On Friday, February 10, 2023, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and US President Joe Biden had a meeting in the White House. This was Lula’s first visit to the United States since being released from prison in November 2019.
More comprehensive answers to last week’s Trivia!! Stay tuned for this week’s questions😎 Sources: 1. Latin American News Dispatch and Bloomberg 2. Daily Mail UK 3. The Guardian
February 9th, 2023 Numerous critics, journalists, and religious leaders have been imprisoned by President Daniel Ortega's administration in recent years; some of them were incarcerated following violent anti-government protests in 2018. In 2021, Was
Introducing: LatAm Trivia Series! - We will be posting weekly polls on Instagram Stories about things that happened in Latin America that week. Our goal is to promote Latin American news and encourage everyone to become more informed about what is go
We’re back with another Op-Ed about Chevron coming back to Venezuela, written by Max Radzyminski. Enjoy! 💙🤍
November 2022 Bahamian authorities said on Sunday that they are investigating whether any “criminal misconduct occurred” at cryptocurrency firm FTX. The firm filed for bankruptcy on Friday, and its chief executive, Sam Bankman-Fried, re
October 2022 The U.N. Security Council on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution to end violence and criminal activity, and impose sanctions against Jimmy Chérizier, leader of Haiti’s most powerful gang alliance, accused of causing rec
We’re excited to share another Op-Ed about the elections in Brazil! 💚💛 Message from the writer: “Yesterday, I read and analyzed the op-ed published by Wharton Latino’s El Periodico regarding the current political situation in Bra
Aaaand we’re back! We’re so excited to share this month’s Op-Ed, which draws a parallel between the 2022 elections in Brazil and the 2020 elections in the U.S, written by Victor Dubeaux. READ!! 💙💙
Mauricio Claver-Carone, who was appointed by the Trump administration to head the Inter-American Development Bank, violated ethics rules, an investigation found. Leading member states of the Inter-American Development Bank are expected to vote to d
Ecuador announced on Monday night that it has reached a debt relief restructuring agreement with Chinese banks worth $1.4bn until 2025, as Beijing increasingly offers bailouts to countries at risk of financial crises. The government of center-right
Mexico and the United States plan to take advantage of the Biden administration’s massive investment in semiconductor production to push the integration of their supply chains and cooperate on expanding the production of electric vehicles throu