Fiesta Centenario

Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies
and the Central Valley Latin American Project
Invite you to the Fiesta Centenario The inaugural event celebrating 40 years of Chicano and Latin American Studies and Fresno State's Centennial

September 16, 2010
Satellite Student Union

Informal Event:
3:00 p.m. Display booths, music
Location: Outside, between Agriculture and Satellite Student Union

Formal Event:
6:00 p.m. featuring Ing. Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas and Dr. José Luis Talancón E. (Director, UNAM Los Angeles), and a performance by Fresno State’s Los Danzantes de Aztlán.

Panel Topics:

Has Latin America fulfilled the promise of independence?
What is the significance of the bicentennial?
How do we understand Latin American movements of independence in 2010? What is to celebrate?
Latin America after the Cold War (political opening in Mexico and Latin America, Cuba, Central America)
The New Left in Latin America
Contemporary issues facing Latinos in the U.S.

Participating organizations
College of Social Sciences
Mexican Consulate in Fresno

For further information contact Dr. Maria Lopes (278 8808)

Maria-Aparecida Lopes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies
California State University, Fresno
5340 North Campus Drive M/S SS97
Fresno, CA 93740-8019
(P) 559.278.8808 (F) 559.278.6468

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