Mar 2
Yeniter Poleo: Literature, Social Memory and Urban Violence in Caracas
Thu, March 2, 2023
• 5:00pm
- 6:00pm (1h) • Gould Library Athenaeum
In 1989, a riot in Caracas, Venezuela, linked to the neoliberal turn. Hours later this riot became a massacre led by the state - a massacre the nation forgot. Yeniter Poleo's work addresses that silence.
Sponsored by: The Elizabeth Nason Distinguished Women Visitors Fund, Latin American Studies Program and the Spanish Department.
from Spanish
Event Contact: Héctor Melo Ruiz