This course examines sports –mainly soccer and baseball-- as a lens to study the development of modern Latin American history, culture, and politics. We will look at primary source documents, policy memos, movies, and literature about sports as a lens to study foreign relations, class, race, drugs, and state violence across the region. The class examines how sports act as a way for citizens to talk about their nation, its people, and its politics throughout the last two centuries. This course may not be offered annually.