Challenges to Citizenship - Authoritarianism in Latin America
Virtual
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As recently as the early 2000s, Latin America was one of the most democratic regions in the world, after a period in which one country after another adopted or strengthened democratic institutions such as free and fair elections, a free press, respect for civil liberties, and more. Yet the fate and stability of democracy in the region have been widely divergent—heroic and successful efforts to protect democratic institutions emerged in Brazil and Guatemala; democracy has been completely undermined in Venezuela and Nicaragua; and new forms of democratic erosion or malaise have emerged several other countries in the region.
Our panelists will engage with a wide range of questions about the challenges of curbing authoritarian tendencies, protecting democracy, and expanding political and social rights more broadly, across a wide range of Central and South American cases.
Will Freeman is a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Prior to joining CFR, Freeman was a Fulbright-Hays Scholar in Colombia, Peru, and Guatemala. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in politics from Princeton University and a B.A. in political science from Tufts University. His writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, the Economist, the Journal of Democracy, the Washington Post, and Americas Quarterly.
Carmen Martínez Novo
Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, Harvard
Manuel is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Harvard University, where he is affiliated with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. In 2023-23, he was a USIP-Minerva Peace and Security Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace. He studies contemporary challenges to democracy, with a focus on Latin America.
Category
Social Science and Public Policy
Type
Talks
Region
Virtual
Open to
Public
Cost
Free
Organizers
MAX-Program on Latin America and the Caribbean, MAX-Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Accessibility
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