LAP is a multidisciplinary journal that welcomes diverse critical theoretical and political perspectives to analyze the social forces shaping contemporary Latin America.
Welcome to the LAP Virtual Exhibit
Latin American Perspectives publishes six issues per year featuring critical analysis of Latin American politics, economics, culture, and social movements.
Managing Editor: Ronald H. Chilcote
Recipient of the 2022 LASA Kalman Silvert Award for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to the study of Latin America
To watch the Silvert award session and Dr. Chilcote's lecture on YouTube, click here
To read Dr. Chilcote's essay The Challenges of Being a Latin Americanist in the LASA Forum, click here.
LAP celebrates 50 years of
- fostering progressive theoretical and political debate
- encouraging the work of emerging scholars
- making scholarship from Latin America available in English
Rated the #1 journal in Latin American Studies by Google Scholar Metrics
For current calls for manuscripts, click here.
For recent issues, scroll down to pp. 1-2.
For recent books, scroll down to p. 3.
For all issues 1974-present, click here.
LAP Editors and Friends Meeting
June 14, 3:50-5:20 pm Bogota (US Central) time
LAP will participate in the Featured Session:
Getting Your Journal Article Published: Advice from the Editors
June 14, 12:10-1:40 Bogota time
| The Agrarian Question as an Ecological Question Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 51 No. 1, January 2024 Book Webpage: Click here |
| Conflict, Memory and Conciliation. Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 50, No, 6, November 2023 Book Webpage: Click here |
| Brazil: Assessing the Past Half Decade Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 50, No, 5, September 2023 Book Webpage: Click here |
| COVID-19 Coronavirus: Pandemic Politics In Latin America Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 50 No. 4, July 2023 Book Webpage: Click here |
| Music, Politics, and Social Movements in Latin America Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 50 No. 3, May 2023 Book Webpage: Click here |
| A New Dawn or a False Hope for Mexico’s Left? Overcoming Neoliberal Legacies in an Uncertain World Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 50 No. 2, March 2023 Book Webpage: Click here |
| Brazil under Bolsonaro Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 50 No. 1, January 2023 Book Webpage: Click here |
| Social Struggle in Neoliberal Central America Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 49 No. 6, November 2022 Book Webpage: Click here |
| Brazil: The Perils of Uncertainty Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 49 No. 5, September 2022 Book Webpage: Click here |
| Marxism, Critical Thinking, and Andean Futures Author(s): LAP Language: English Edition: Vol. 49 No. 4, July 2022 Book Webpage: Click here |