Series: Latin American Security Challenges Amidst Authoritarian Populism
co-sponsored with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Harvard Center for International Development
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA, Room S216 and on Zoom
About the Event
This hybrid seminar, five sessions in October, November and December, intends to analyze potential policy alternatives to deal more assertively with the challenges of security and justice provision in Latin America.
Assertiveness in two senses:
- As effectiveness to the citizens’ legitimate demands of protection against violence, impunity, and uncertainty
- As feasibility to offer rule of law solutions able to outcompete populist authoritarian alternatives.
Explore the contributions of scholarly research and practitioner experiences in developing a set of policies and proposals that can effectively deal with violence, impunity, and uncertainty, and at the same time outcompete populist candidates’ mano dura policies.
Moderated by Claudia López Hernández, 2024 Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow; Mayor of Bogotá 2020-2023
Panel 1: Tackling Crime and Justice Failures: Strategies for Effective Policing and Justice Provision
October 7, 2024, 12:00-1:30 p.m. US Eastern Time
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Speakers
- Guillermo Trejo, University of Notre Dame
- Rodrigo Canales, Boston University
- Horacio Rodríguez-Larreta, former Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Introduction by Alisha Holland, Harvard University
Panel 2: Organized Crime and Rents: Between Militarization, Negotiation and Regulation
October 28, 2024, 12:00-1:30 p.m. US Eastern Time
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Transnational organized crime agents and rents (drugs trafficking, human trafficking, and extortion): regulation, effective policing, militarization, transnational cooperation. What is the feasible and most effective combination?
Speakers
- Marcelo Bergman, University of California at San Diego
- Angelica Duran-Martinez, UMass Lowell
- Michael Weintraub, Universidad de los Andes
Introduction by Steve Levitsky, Harvard University
Panel 3: Navigating Populism: The Future of Democratic Politics in Latin America Amidst Insecurity and Inequality
November 4. 2024, 12:00-1:30 p.m. US Eastern Time
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Speakers
- Steve Levitsky, Harvard University.
- Gustavo Flores-Macias, Cornell University
- Carlos Alvarado, Tufts University
Panel 4: Tackling State Capacity Amidst Insecurity and Inequality Challenges
November 18, 2024, 12:00-1:30 p.m. US Eastern Time
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Speakers
- William Maloney, World Bank
- Ernesto Schargrodsky, Universidad de los Andes
- Hillel Soifer, Temple University
Introduction by Steve Levitsky, Harvard University
Panel 5: Latin America's Democratic Governance Challenges
December 5, 2024, 12:00-1:30 p.m. US Eastern Time
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Speakers
- Daniel Brinks, Professor and Department Chair, Government Department, University of Michigan
- Ana Arjona, Associated Professor, Northwestern University.
- Deborah Boucoyannis, Professional lecturer, George Washington University
Moderated by Claudia Lopez, Harvard 2024 Advance Leadership Initiative Fellow, Mayor of Bogota 2020-2023
