Latin America

Our diverse programming, education projects, and research opportunities specific to Latin America cultivate deep engagement with pressing issues impacting the region and the world.
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Our programs across Latin America

Latin American countries are harnessing the power of new and developing technologies, such as AI, to reach key development goals and address climate, inequity, and other urgent challenges.

Working alongside partner institutions in the region, CIS researchers and faculty apply their knowledge in the areas of democratization, politics, regime change, and capitalist development to finding new solutions to these and other critical issues. And to support ongoing efforts combatting climate change in Latin America, we’ve also launched the MIT-Amazonia Program, which investigates climate solutions and opportunities to sustain the rainforest for the long term.
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Events

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Oct 15

Starr Forum: What Would the US Do in a Middle Power Order?

Anne-Marie Slaughter, Incoming Dean of Public Policy at the London School of Economics
Taylor Fravel, Director, Security Studies Program
CIS Faculty Council, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science
Fotini Christia, Professor of Political Science
Director, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Noelle Selin, Director, MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy

TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
4:30pm - 6:00pm
Location
Building E51 - 115, Wong Auditorium

Opportunities

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MISTI Global Experiences
MISTI matches students with internships, teaching, research and study opportunities across Latin America, including in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
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Global Seed Funds
The MIT Global Seed Fund grant program enables new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts around the world.
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The next round of the MIT Global Seed Funds opens in September.
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Program Spotlights

CIS makes it possible for MIT students and researchers to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society.
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Publications

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Book

Petersen, Roger. “People’s War in the 20th Century.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Military History, edited by Alexander Watson. New York: Oxford Academic, 2026.

Roger Petersen
2026