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How do these responses compare to earlier eras in Latin America? Have decades of democracy and human rights activism had on impact on the behavior of domestic security forces? Are Latin... Read more about Protest and Repression in Latin America 2021 Oct 26 Technocracy vs Politics 12:00pm to 1:20pm For a recording of this event, please click here. Technocrats dominated policymaking across Latin America in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Now, in much of the region, including its largest democracies, voters and politicians on both the left and the right have challenged the role of technocrats in democratic governments. What explains technocrats’ declining legitimacy in many Latin American democracies? How have technocrats... Read more about Technocracy vs Politics 2021 Oct 19 Populism and the Courts in Latin America 12:00pm to 1:20pm For a recording of this event, please click here. Populist presidents have assaulted (or seriously threatened) judicial independence in much of Latin America in the early twenty-first century. What drives these attacks? How do courts resist them? And why have some judiciaries proven more resilient in the face of populist governments than others? Speakers: Julio Rios Figueroa, Associate Professor of Law,... Read more about Populism and the Courts in Latin America 2021 Sep 21 The State of Democracy in Latin America 12:00pm to 1:20pm For a recording of this event, click here. Latin America has been buffeted by economic crisis, soaring crime rates, major corruption scandals, and a devastating pandemic. These crises have threatened democracies across much of the region. DRCLAS has assembled four prominent scholars of Latin American politics to evaluate the state of democracy in the region. How serious are contemporary threats to Latin American democracies? What are the... Read more about The State of Democracy in Latin America 2021 Sep 14 Prospects for Post-COVID Economic Recovery in Latin America 12:00pm to 1:20pm For a recording of this event, please click here. The economic toll of the Covid crisis on Latin America has been catastrophic. According to The Economist, whereas global GDP contracted by 3% last year, that of Latin America and the Caribbean fell on average by 7%, the worst of any region tracked by the IMF. Lengthy lockdowns have contributed to the exacerbation of poverty and inequality, and school closures... Read more about Prospects for Post-COVID Economic Recovery in Latin America 2021 Mar 30 U.S. Policy Towards Latin America Under Biden 12:00pm to 1:20pm This event is part of a virtual series. To view the recording, click here. Speakers: Laura Chinchilla, Co-chair of the Inter-American Dialogue, President of Costa Rica (2010-2014); Arturo Valenzuela, Emeritus Professor, Georgetown University; former Assistant Secretary of State for WHA; Jorge... Read more about U.S. Policy Towards Latin America Under Biden 2020 Nov 17 Federalism and COVID Responses 12:00pm to 1:20pm This event is part of a virtual series. To watch the recording, click here. Speaker: Agustina Giraudy, Associate Professor of Political Science, American University Discussant: Kent Eaton, Professor of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz Moderated by: Alisha Holland, Associate Professor of Government, Harvard University Presented in collaboration with ... Read more about Federalism and COVID Responses 2020 Nov 10 The Uneven Racial and Ethnic Impacts of COVID in Latin America 12:00pm to 1:20pm This event is part of a virtual series. To watch the recording, click here. Speakers: Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Senior Fellow at the Center for Democracy Development and Rule of Law, Stanford University; Marcia Castro, Andelot Professor of Demography; Chair, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University; Edward Telles, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine Moderated by: ... Read more about The Uneven Racial and Ethnic Impacts of COVID in Latin America 2020 Sep 29 How COVID has Changed Latin American Economics 12:00pm to 1:20pm To view the recording, click here. Speakers: Andres Velasco, Dean of the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science; former Finance Minister of Chile; Ana Maria Ibanez, Professor of Economics, Universidad de los Andes; Economics Principal Advisor for the Interamerican Development Bank; Daniela Campello, Associate Professor, Brazilian School of Business and Public Administration;... Read more about How COVID has Changed Latin American Economics 2020 Sep 22 Populist Coalitions in Latin America 12:00pm to 1:20pm This event is part of a virtual series. To view the recording, click here. Speaker: Rodrigo Barrenechea, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University Discussants: Thea Riofrancos, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Providence College; Aaron Watanabe, PhD Candidate in Government, Harvard University ... 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