<div dir="ltr"><div>Estimados colegas, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Les pido de favor que lean el mensaje que me llegó esta mañana. Si hay algún experto sobre estos temas entre nuestros miembros o entre sus contactos, por favor, escríbanme lo antes posible. Ojalá que podamos encontrar a alguien que pueda ayudar en esta situación. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Saludos, <br></div><div><br></div><div>Juan<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Juan G. Ramos, Ph.D.</div><div>Director, Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies Program<br></div><div>Associate Professor of Spanish<br>Department of Spanish<br>College of the Holy Cross<br>1 College Street<br>Worcester, MA 01610<br>(508) 793-2607<br><a href="mailto:jramos@holycross.edu" target="_blank">jramos@holycross.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>Chair of the <a href="https://lasa.international.pitt.edu/eng/sections/ecuadorian-studies.aspx" target="_blank">Ecuadorian Studies Section</a> (LASA).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Author of <a href="http://upf.com/book.asp?id=9781683400240" target="_blank"><i>Sensing Decolonial Aesthetics in Latin American Arts</i>.</a> Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2018.<br><br>Co-editor of <a href="http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137603128" target="_blank"><i>Decolonial Approaches to Latin American Literatures and Cultures</i></a>. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.</div><br><div><a href="mailto:jramos@holycross.edu" target="_blank"><br></a></div><div><a href="mailto:jramos@holycross.edu" target="_blank"><br></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Immigration Legal Intern</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ImmLegalIntern@advrights.org">ImmLegalIntern@advrights.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 10:41 AM<br>Subject: Expert Declaration and potentially testimony for asylum case?<br>To: <a href="mailto:jramos@holycross.edu">jramos@holycross.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:jramos@holycross.edu">jramos@holycross.edu</a>><br>Cc: Sarah Brenes <<a href="mailto:sbrenes@advrights.org">sbrenes@advrights.org</a>><br></div><br><br>
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at the Advocates for Human Rights in Minneapolis, MN and we found your contact information <span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">from
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