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Imperial Legacy - U.S. Intervention in the Americas and the Migration Crisis

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Adults
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U.S. military and political interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean have had significant impacts on the region’s governance, economic development, and social conditions. Lester Paldy will highlight the connections between those past policies and conditions leading to the flood of people leaving their home countries to seek refuge in the U.S.