THE CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT’S INSTITUTE FOR PEACE STUDIES and the HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER in collaboration with LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES PROGRAM (LACS) and the L.I. ALLIANCE FOR PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVES present
FROM THE MONROE DOCTRINE TO DONALD TRUMP 2.0: THE UNITED STATES, LATIN AMERICA AND REGIONAL RESISTANCE TO THE NEW IMPERIALISM
This international panel of experts will examine the many risks of the current crisis in the hemisphere as they pertain to democracy, human rights, neo-colonialism and national sovereignty.
Moderators:
Mario A. Murillo, Professor, Vice Dean The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication and
Conrad Herold, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics Hofstra University
Steve Ellner, Ph.D., retired professor of the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, Associate Managing Editor of Latin American Perspectives
Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, University of the West Indies –St. Augustine in Trinidad, from Cuba (via zoom)
Manuel Rozental, Colombian physician, veteran social justice activist, Pueblos en Camino, Cauca, Colombia, (via zoom)
Alejandro Velasco, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, New York University, Editor of NACLA Report on the Americas
International Scene Series Co-Directors:
Carolyn Eisenberg, Professor of History
Linda A. Longmire, Professor of Global Studies and Geography
Martin Melkonian, Professor of Economics
Hofstra University
This event is FREE and open to the public. To RSVP, visit events.hofstra.edu
For more information, please call Professor Martin Melkonian at 516-463-5595.
Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 2:40-4:05 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus
