September 25 – 11:00 am – 1:00 pm CMT

The Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CELARG) invites the academic community, students, and the general public to the inaugural lecture of the National Advanced Training Program in Latin American Studies: “The Marx Who Accompanies Us: From Mariátegui to the Present,” presented by Dr. Luis Damiani. Commemorating the centenary of the journal Amauta, founded 100 years ago by the Peruvian thinker José Carlos Mariátegui, this event offers a space for reflection on the development of critical social theories in Latin America and the Caribbean, interpretations of Marxism in the Global South, and transformative thought in our region. Dr. Damiani has served as a Justice of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He is the General Coordinator of the Research and Postgraduate Institute of the National School of the Judiciary of the Supreme Court of Justice. Moderated by Ana Cristina Bracho, Executive Director of CELARG.