The issue features a Book Review Forum on Sam Halvorsen’s edited textbook, Latin American Geographies, which attempts to make a range of scholarship from the region accessible to students, with the wider aim of decentering Anglophone narratives of geography. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

In this Perspective, Lyall and Rayner outline the characteristics of oligarchic rule under President Daniel Noboa and its implications for environmental politics. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

In this article, Pérez Jiménez analyzes the recent expansion of mining frontiers in Mexico, highlighting the growing dominance of open-pit mining and documenting a sharp rise in socioenvironmental conflicts over the past decade. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

EN: This special issue brings together research on the social, environmental, and political-economic dimensions of resource extraction in Latin America, with a focus on mining in the region. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

Celebrating the start of 2026, @jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the latest JLAG publication in 2025, issue 24(3). muse.jhu.edu/issue/56094

When Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the restoration of the Matanza Riachuelo River in 2008 - one of the world's most polluted waterways - it was hailed as an #EnvironmentalJustice victory. But restoration for whom? Regina Ruete & Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco in: 📚 muse.jhu.edu/article/971717

In this review, Spears considers how Connecting China, Latin America, and the Caribbean is able to bring contributions from scholars to offer a perspective on the socio-economic transformations induced by Chinese investments in Latin America and the Caribbean. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

In this piece, Valdivia introduces the set of JLAG Perspectives that were presented at the 2025 JLAG annual lecture at the AAG, Weaving Together the Americas, a dialogue between Latin American and Latinx geographies. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

En su artículo, Morales Ventura y colegas analizan el extractivismo de la tierra a través del arrendamiento y la aparcería en el contexto del rápido crecimiento en la producción de agave para tequila en México, debido a las inversiones de empresas multinacionales. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

In the editorial, we emphasize that JLAG's articles and events aim to foster interepistemic dialogue and the construction of cross-border knowledge. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

@jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the publication of issue 24(2). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(2). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(2).

In this review, Rasmussen notes how the Bennison's book invites reflection on historical continuities and ruptures in the constitution of water authorities and their relationship to broader societal reproduction. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

This JLAG Perspective describes the socio-ecological consequences of high U.S. demand for avocados, which acts upon and transforms Mexican landscapes, as highland forests in Michoacán, Mexico, are cleared for avocado farming for export north. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

Frisbie, Spera and Salisbury investigates transboundary roadbuilding in Brazil and Peru and the potential impact on several ecosystem services, including intact land cover, carbon sequestration, wildlife diversity, habitat connectivity, and ethnolinguistic diversity. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

In this issue’s Letter from the Editors, we express our continued commitment to the mission of integration and support for diverse research in the context of geographers in and of Latin America. muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

@jlatamgeog.bsky.social is proud to announce the publication of issue 24(1). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social está orgullosa de anunciar la publicación del número 24(1). @jlatamgeog.bsky.social tem orgulho de anunciar a publicação da edição 24(1).

Reminder! 🌟AAG JLAG Lecture: "Weaving together the Americas: Communities, bridges, belonging, from Abya Yala to Turtle Island" with Lorena Muñoz, Sofia Zaragocin, Yolanda Valencia & Madelaine Cahuas. 🌎 TODAY 10:10-11:30, Room 430A, Level 4, Huntington Place. All welcome🧉@geographers.bsky.social #AAG

2025 JLAG Lecture, AAG Detroit: "Weaving together the Americas: Communities, bridges, belonging, from Abya Yala to Turtle Island", featuring Lorena Muñoz, Sofia Zaragocin, Yolanda Valencia, and Madelaine Cahuas, who will reflect on the intersections of Latin American and Latinx geographies.

Job announcement! "Associate Professor/Professor - Environment and Climate in Caribbean Studies" See link below for full info 👇 jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... #climatesky #geosky #greensky @geographers.bsky.social @lag-uk.bsky.social @jlatamgeog.bsky.social