{"id":1152,"date":"2020-08-27T11:45:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:39:57","slug":"academic-freedom-under-attack-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/2020\/academic-freedom-under-attack-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Freedom Under Attack in Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Academic Freedom Under Attack in Costa Rica\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The Management Committee of Latin American and Caribbean Studies was dismayed to learn that the groundbreaking work on income inequality carried out by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucr.ac.cr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Francisco Robles Rivera<\/a> and Msc. Lorenzo Ram\u00edrez Cardoza of the University of Costa Rica is receiving public attacks and threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the context of increased attacks on academics around the world, it is more important than ever to stand in solidarity with our colleagues and fight back against threats to academic freedom. The University of Costa Rica must support the rights of faculty members to carry out their research freely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the letter from LACS faculty below and feel free to write to the University of Costa Rica&#8217;s president, Dr. Araya Leandro, to express your support for academic freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"mailto:rectoria@ucr.ac.cr\">rectoria@ucr.ac.cr<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:recepcion.rectoria@ucr.ac.cr\">recepcion.rectoria@ucr.ac.cr<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"mailto:carlos.arayaleandro@ucr.ac.cr\">carlos.arayaleandro@ucr.ac.cr<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lacs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/LACS_UCRLetter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read letter of support<\/a> (PDF) for for Dr. Francisco Robles Rivera, Msc. Lorenzo Ram\u00edrez Cardoza, and the Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Image Credit:<br>\n<a title=\"via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Firma_vertical_Universidad_de_Costa_Rica.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esteban.aguilar.ucr<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Management Committee of Latin American and Caribbean Studies was dismayed to learn that the groundbreaking work on income inequality carried out by Dr. Francisco Robles Rivera and Msc. Lorenzo Ram\u00edrez Cardoza of the University of Costa Rica is receiving public attacks and threats. 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