Open-access Race and Biopolitics in Latin America: the limits of criminal law in confronting structural racism

Between the phase of redemocratization of Latin American societies until the present day, the states of the region have bet on criminal law as an important instrument to confronting structural racism. Considering the biopolitical theories of Foucault and Agamben, who analyze race as a strategy for the formation of national identities based on hierarchies, the present article aims to reflect on the limits of the criminal law as an effective mechanism to fight against the structural racism of Latin American countries.

Keywords:
Race; biopolitics; Latin America

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