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<div dir="auto">Please remove me from this political list. I expected to keep it as an academic organization but, unfortunately, our American colleagues have turned it into a political platform. <br />
Saludos desde Ecuador</div>
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Juan Martínez Borrero</div>
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<div dir="auto">El 2 de dic. de 2021 17:20 -0500, Julie Gamble <jcgamble@gmail.com>, escribió:</div>
<blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(26, 188, 156); margin: 5px; padding-left: 10px; border-left-width: thin; border-left-style: solid;"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">December 2, 2021</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Dear Ecuadorian LASA listserv members,</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">We hope this email finds you well as the semester starts to wrap up. We wanted to reach out and thank you all for your solidarity.</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">We write to you today to share some exciting news.The University of Pennsylvania’s student newspaper has successfully published our letter as a</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/12/upenn-maria-paula-romo-ecuador-protest-visiting-scholar" target="_blank">guest column</a> <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">in today’s edition of the Daily Pennsylvanian. In addition, the DP followed up with a staff</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/12/penn-clals-maria-paula-romo-ecuador-human-rights-abuses" target="_blank">article</a> <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">highlighting María Paula Romo’s position at CLALS. These two columns could not have been published without your collective support. We thank you again.</span><br />
<strong style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">So, what is next?</strong> <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">We hope that the University takes our guest column and demands seriously through a response.</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">In the meantime, we have thought about next possible actions. We hope to put additional pressure on the administration. In doing so, we thought one strategy could be to send to different key members of the Penn community a follow up email in light of the publication of the articles. If you have time and are willing, we offer a draft letter and key emails of the Penn community below. Also, if you know more people within the Penn community, it would be fantastic if you would consider reaching out and asking others to write to the administration to express your concerns.</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Please let us know if you have any questions. We thank you again for your time as we know demands are plentiful these days.</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">In solidarity,</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Julie and Nicholas</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">_________________________________________________________________________</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Key Institutional Email addresses:</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Provost:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:provost@upenn.edu" target="_blank">provost@upenn.edu</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Vice Provost for Global Initiatives:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:vp-global@upenn.edu" target="_blank">vp-global@upenn.edu</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Professor Tulia Falleti, Director of CLALS:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:falleti@sas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">falleti@sas.upenn.edu</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Professor Ann Farnsworth Alvear, Previous Director of CLALS:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:farnswor@sas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">farnswor@sas.upenn.edu</a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Global Affairs Institute, Perry World House:</span><a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:horom@sas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">horom@sas.upenn.edu</a> <br />
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<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Student Groups/Associations:</span><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Silvia Ayala, Co-chair of Undergraduate Student Advisory Board:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:rayala@sas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">rayala@sas.upenn.edu</a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Nikole Bonillas, Co-chair of Undergraduate Student Advisory Board:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:nikoleb@sas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">nikoleb@sas.upenn.edu</a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">La Casa Latina:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:vpul-lacasa@pobox.upenn.edu" target="_blank">vpul-lacasa@pobox.upenn.edu</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">The Andean Representation:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:mogle@sas.upenn.edu" target="_blank">mogle@sas.upenn.edu</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Mujeres Empoderadas:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:MEatPenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">MEatPenn@gmail.com</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">La Vida Magazine:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:lavidaupenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">lavidaupenn@gmail.com</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">La Unidad Latina:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:lul.devastatingdelta@gmail.com" target="_blank">lul.devastatingdelta@gmail.com</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Lambda Theta Alpha:</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://mailto:betaepsilonLTA@gmail.com" target="_blank">betaepsilonLTA@gmail.com</a> <br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Email subject: Maria Paola Romo at Penn</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Dear XXX,</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">I write in reference to the</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/12/upenn-maria-paula-romo-ecuador-protest-visiting-scholar" target="_blank">guest column</a> <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">and staff</span> <a style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt" href="https://www.thedp.com/article/2021/12/penn-clals-maria-paula-romo-ecuador-human-rights-abuses" target="_blank">article</a> <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">published in the Daily Pennsylvanian today about the visiting scholar appointment of Ecuador’s former Minister of Government, María Paola Romo.</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">I am dismayed by the fact that a known human rights offender is at Penn. Given Ms. Romo has been at Penn this entire Fall 21 semester, it is disturbing that her position has just now come to light. It is also disappointing that there has not been more transparency about Ms. Romo’s hiring. In solidarity with the guest column that came out in the DP today, December 2, 2021, I would like to hear from the University with the following:</span><br />
1. <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">What is Penn’s policy for awarding Visiting Scholar positions to politicians? Many universities have policies against awarding such positions to any politicians, including those who have been convicted and destituted for crimes against humanity.</span> 2. <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Why has CLALS removed Ms. Romo’s web page while maintaining the appointment? All other Visiting Scholars have them, and events and appointments are publicized.</span> 3. <span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Why is the CLALS Director not responding to a Change.org petition against the appointment with over 10,000 signers?</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">I believe it imperative that the University carefully address these three propositions. The academic community has taken note of where Penn stands on this issue and how it relates to the university’s current reputation and responsibility for ongoing research on Latin America. </span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">Sincerely,</span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial;font-size: 11pt">XXXX</span><br />
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