{"id":2406,"date":"2018-10-05T21:34:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/languages\/?page_id=2406"},"modified":"2025-04-10T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:12:06","slug":"latin-american-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/languages\/latin-american-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<nav class=\"sections-menu-wrapper\" aria-label=\"Page section navigation\" style=\"min-height: 60px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-primary sections-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"navbar-toggler collapsed ml-auto\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#sections-menu\" aria-controls=\"#sections-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-text\">Skip to Section<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar-collapse collapse\" id=\"sections-menu\" data-autoselect=\"true\" data-selector=\".auto-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"nav navbar-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\n\t\t\t<section id=\"intro\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-las-intro auto-section\" data-section-link-title=\"Intro\" aria-label=\"Intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary text-secondary mb-0 pb-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"lead\"> Our program promotes an understanding of Latin America, the Caribbean, as well as the Latinx\/Hispanic communities of the United States. 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