Stanford scholar unearths conflicted human history of South America’s great natural wonder

BY IAN P. BEACOCK
The Humanities at Stanford

Boundaries of NatureDigitized aerial images of the Iguazu Falls region help Stanford doctoral student Frederico Freitas see how national parks sharpened the border between Brazil and Argentina

Nestled along the border between Argentina and Brazil are the spectacular, thundering Iguazu Falls. Surrounding them are two national parks – legally protected areas of subtropical rainforest that appear free of both people and politics. Read More