Commentary, Encyclopedia Articles, and Public Writing
For more writing aimed at a popular audience, see my Substack "Uruguay in Perspective."
➤ “A Narrow Frente Amplio Victory in Uruguay,” NACLA, November 27, 2024.
➤ Co-Author with Yannick Kluch, "Despite Protest Rules, the Olympics Have Never Been Neutral," TIME, July 30, 2024.
➤ Co-Author with Gabriela Fried Amilivia, "In Uruguay, Struggle for Memory and Accountability Continues, 50 Years On," NACLA, June 26, 2023.
➤ "Uruguay's Autogolpe Fifty Years On: The State of Justice and Backlash Politics," ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America, May 9, 2023.
➤ "Jimmy Carter and the ‘Torture Chamber of Latin America’: Examining a Human Rights Legacy,” Foreign Policy Research Institute, March 15, 2023.
➤ "Progressive Politics Live on in the Streets in Uruguay," North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA), 55 no. 1 (Spring 2023), 5-9.
➤ "The Evolution of Transitional Justice in Uruguay," Oxford Research Encyclopedia on Latin American History (April 2022).
➤ Co-Author with Yannick Kluch, "Rule 50 and Racial Justice: The Long History of the International Olympic Committee's War on Athletes' Free Expression," History News Network, August 22, 2021.
➤ "Why Mexico is a haven for political exiles like Bolivia's former president Evo Morales," Washington Post, December 8, 2019.
➤ Co-Author with Jennifer Rich, "President Trump's executive order won't redefine Judaism, but it will complicate rising anti-Semitism," Philadelphia Inquirer, December 16, 2019.
➤ “Jimmy Carter’s Notre Dame Speech,” Voices and Visions Foreign Relations Reader, Digital History Project, 2017.
➤ "Romero Jorge Rodriguez," Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017)
➤ "Affirmative Action Tests Uruguay Government Commitment to Race," North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) (September 2, 2014).
➤ "Uruguay's Complex Human Rights Landscape," Foreign Policy (July 29, 2014)
➤ "Uruguay's No a la Baja Campaign Takes Center Stage," North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) (July 8, 2014).
➤ "Chile" and "Wisconsin", Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 2nd edition (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, forthcoming).
➤ Co-author with Abby Goldberg, “Uruguay’s Struggle for Historical Accountability,” Upside Down World: Online Magazine for Politics and Activism in Latin American (July 25, 2013).
➤ New Media Advocacy Project Blog, 2013 ( http://blog.newmediaadvocacy.org/).
"Uruguayans Mobilize for the Montevideo Launch of Nunca Más Qué,” April 24, 2013
“CEJIL and N-Map Launch Nunca Más Qué”, March 11, 2013
“Gelman Hearing Sheds Light on the State of Uruguay’s Accountability Efforts,” Feb. 22, 2013
➤ Contributing Writer, Latin Correspondent, 2014-2015 (http://latincorrespondent.com/)
➤ Contributing Writer, Independent Voters Network, 2012-2016. (ivn.us)
➤ “Marie Meyer,” and “Yzetta L. Nelson,” An Encyclopedia of Women at War: From the Home Front to the Battlefields, ed. Lisa Tendrick Frank (ABC-Clio Publications, 2013).
➤ “Human Rights,” Encyclopedia of Military Science (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2013)
➤ Co-author with Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, “The Role of States in US Citizen Diplomacy,” The U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (November 2010).
➤ Contributing Writer, Policy á la Carte, 2010. (http://www.policyalacarte.com/)
Media Appearances
Debbie Sharnak has also been quoted in the media and appeared on the radio and podcasts. Some selected appearances include:
Work quoted, Naomi Lachance, “Jimmy Carter’s Dark Legacy in El Salvador,” Rolling Stone, January 3, 2025.
Interview in print, “What Issues are Driving Uruguay’s Upcoming Election?” Latin America Advisor, September 23, 2024.
Interview in print, Giovanna Dell’Orto, “From Schools to the Olympics, how France’s staunch secularism affects religion in public life,” AP News, May 23, 2024 (picked up by more than 130 outlets)
Interview in print, “Is Uruguay Winning its Fight Against Drug Traffickers?,” Latin America Advisor, April 26, 2024.
Podcast Interview for the Latin American Review of Books, “Of Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay,” October 2024.
Interview in print, “What’s at Stake for Latin America in the U.S. Election?,” Latin America Advisor, September 7, 2023.
Podcast Interview for New Books Network, “Of Light and Struggle: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Accountability in Uruguay,” October, 2023.
Radio Interview on Latino Media Collective, “Fifty Years of Uruguay’s Coup,” WPFW89.3fm, July, 2023.
Podcast Interview for “Tipping Pitches” on the history of baseball and cultural imperialism in Latin America, June, 2023.
Podcast panel interview for “Tipping Pitches,” on Latin America and minor league unionization, October 2022.
Podcast interview for “Lost in Mexico,” May 2020.
Radio interview on the BBC for Latin American politics, December 2019.
Radio interview on Latino Media Collective, “Uruguay’s Affirmative Action Law,” WPFW89.3fm, October 2014.