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This chapter offers an overview of the volume, which discusses the work and contributions to regional and global peace of the six Latin American thinkers and activists awarded the Nobel Peace Prize between 1936 and 2016. The only Latin American Secretary-General of the United Nations has so far had. This introductory chapter also presents the common framework adopted by each chapter in the book. The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates covered are Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1936), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1980), Alfonso García Robles (1982), Óscar Arias Sánchez (1987), Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1992), and Juan Manuel Santos (2016). The book also includes a chapter on Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, who served as United Nations Secretary-General between 1982 and 1991.
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Felix Roesch and Hartmut Behr, the editors of the Palgrave Book Series Global Political Thinkers, have remained keen supporters of our project. In a casual conversation with Professor Felix Roesch a few years ago, the idea of writing a unified volume on Latin American Voices in International Relations was first conceived. In 2021, as we were adjusting to the new normal brought on by the pandemic, the co-editors of this book began communicating via Zoom. Early in 2022, we reached out to a select group of scholars with expertise in the intellectual worlds of Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Colombia. In February 2022, we held an online seminar to discuss the book's general structure, following up with a series of individual meetings with each of the experts. We organized a panel for the International Studies Association's Annual Convention in March. Crucial to this project was the possibility of conducting interviews with three Latin American Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Paula Ximena Ruiz Camacho and Martha Ardila interviewed Juan Manuel Santos; Jose Antonio Sanahuja interviewed Óscar Arias Sánchez; and Andrea Oelsner interviewed Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. Also, we appreciate the interviews of former ambassadors and current professors Eduardo Pizarro (Colombia) and Miguel Ruiz Cabañas (Mexico) for the chapters that analyzed the work of Juan Manuel Santos and Alfonso García Robles, respectively. To all, our appreciation for the time they dedicated to meeting with some of our contributors, responding to their questions, and sharing with us their first-hand experiences.
In late 2022, once the draft manuscript was ready, the Series editors provided us with feedback, and two anonymous reviewers gave us helpful and constructive comments. Madison Allums, Commissioning Editor at Palgrave, was especially helpful and productive in finalizing the contract's specifics. Uma Vinesh, Project Coordinator at Palgrave, has been exceptionally patient and competent in guiding the publication of this book. Finally, while the list of loved ones and friends who have helped us in some way to make this project a reality is long, we would like to mention a few of you: Marco Aegon Polo Sridhar, Apoorva Sridhar, Diana Gastelum, the three fantastic Deborah Tasselkraut, Tomás Balbino, and Connor Fernández, who kept students content, engaged, and uncomplaining during the most intense periods of this project, and clan Bompadre—Rolando, Lucía, Carola, and Mateo, who have gotten used to putting up with a sleep-deprived clan member.
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Domínguez, R., Oelsner, A., Gastelum, D. (2023). The Nobel Peace Prize and Latin American Thinkers of Peace. In: Domínguez, R., Oelsner, A. (eds) Latin American Thinkers of Peace. Global Political Thinkers. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36107-4_1
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