Check out our Cambridge Elements with @raschwartz.bsky.social available online for free until June 3rd: doi.org/10.1017/9781... In it, we build a new analytical framework to understand new forms of democratic erosion in the region.

New Forms of Democratic Erosion in Latin America

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¡Próximo lunes!

Next Monday!

Nos complace anunciar al ganador del Premio Donna Lee Van Cott 2025: Raúl Madrid (UT Austin) (@raullorcamadrid.bsky.social) por The Birth of Democracy in South America. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b.... ¡Felicitaciones! #LAPIS #LASA2025 #LatinAmericanPolitics

The Birth of Democracy in South America

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We are pleased to announce the 2025 Donna Lee Van Cott Award winner: Raúl Madrid (UT Austin) (@raullorcamadrid.bsky.social) for The Birth of Democracy in South America. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b.... Congratulations! #LAPIS2025

The Birth of Democracy in South America

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Felicidades a los ganadores del Premio LAPIS al Mejor Artículo 2025: Verónica Pérez Betancur, Rafael Piñeiro-Rodríguez y Fernando Rosenblatt (@fernandorosenblatt.bsky.social) por su trabajo: “La incorporación política de los sectores populares en América Latina.” #LASA2025

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 LAPIS Best Paper Award: Verónica Pérez Betancur, Rafael Piñeiro-Rodríguez, and Fernando Rosenblatt @fernandorosenblatt.bsky.social for their paper: “The Political Incorporation of Popular Sectors in Latin America.” Congratulations! #LASA2025

Exciting news! Accountability Shock is available! The book shows how robust transitional justice contributes to the development of peaceful democracies and prevents the outbreak of criminal wars. It is the product of a truly amazing intellectual partnership with G. Trejo and @tiscornia21.bsky.social

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Accountability Shock is out with CUP! It explains why transitional justice tools deter criminal wars in new democracies. Grateful to Guillermo Trejo and @juanalbarracind.bsky.social for an amazing collaboration and to all who shared their expertise with us. www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

ICYMI: PIR’s Ernesto Fiocchetto’s work “Is there a way back after the Venezuelan diaspora?” was recently featured in Latinoamérica21. Read it here: latinoamerica21.com/en/is-there-...

Is there a way back after the Venezuelan diaspora? - Latinoamérica 21

Analysis L21 |The big question is not only when Venezuelans will return. Is there a way back after the Venezuelan diaspora?

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En paralelo a lo ocurrido en el ámbito federal, más de la mitad de las entidades federativas han reformado o sustituido sus leyes de desarrollo social Manuel Ignacio Martínez Espinoza escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/03/la-r...

La reescritura del contrato social en los estados

Mientras la atención se centra en reformas federales, los estados viven una intensa modernización de sus leyes de desarrollo social (2023–2025), transitando del asistencialismo a derechos exigibles, c...

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Y al mismo tiempo dicen que hay mucha micro y mucha ciclovía. www.latercera.com/pulso/notici...

Gobierno anuncia históricas alzas de bencina y diésel por guerra en Irán, y activa plan de medidas paliativas - La Tercera

Ministro de Hacienda, Jorge Quiroz, detalló a CNN Chile que el precio de la gasolina de 93 octanos subirá del orden de $370 por litro y el diésel lo hará en $580 por litro a partir de este jueves. Ade...

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New issue of the Journal of Politics in #LatinAmerica out! It examines how political trust shapes citizen behaviour in unequal contexts, models of constitution-making in #Brazil and #Chile, how people relate to the police, and more. ➡️Read: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/new...

New Journal of Politics in Latin America 1/2026

This issue covers such key topics as the impact of political trust on citizen engagement, the systematic elimination of social leaders, electoral accountability in federative systems during times of c...

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From the Kellogg Violence and Transitional Justice Policy and Practice Research Lab - get your copy today!

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"This groundbreaking book argues that building peaceful democracies requires confronting authoritarian legacies and holding perpetrators accountable." Beatriz Magaloni Accountability Shock by Guillermo Trejo, @tiscornia21.bsky.social, & @juanalbarracind.bsky.social, Out Now https://cup.org/4r42FZ9

📚 Best Book in Foreign Policy Analysis. Winner: Luis Schenoni, Bringing War Back In Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America @llschenoni.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org cambridge.org/core/books/bringing-war-back-in/849FF87CA1DC04EDE8657C90F00D9504

Bringing War Back In

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This coming week at the University of Richmond! 💚 I will be also offering a food studies workshop with my dear and brilliant colleague, Karina Vazquez. It is actually a great excuse to learn from her! 💖

Interested in hearing from FIU experts on Cuba? Check out the website “Understanding Cuba’s Uncertain Future,” which features PIR Professors Pedreira, Gamarra, and Moreno. Find it here: news.fiu.edu/2026/underst...

Understanding Cuba's uncertain future with FIU experts

FIU experts are available to provide context, historical perspective and analysis.

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Happy to share my new paper published in @LAPSjournal. Do voters take into account the deaths of family members and close friends when evaluating the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly when that response is problematic or even negligent? bit.ly/3MBjEDW

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 6mo ago

#OpenAccess from Latin American Politics and Society - “You have to hug, nothing is going to happen”: Partisan Retrospection, the COVID-19 Pandemic, and the Politics of Death in Mexico - https://cup.org/3ZHSdvb - @rcastrocornejo.bsky.social #FirstView #COVID19

So proud to be a part of this intellectual community research.nd.edu/news-and-eve...

A department on the rise: Notre Dame political science turns heads with big hires, impactful research, and vibrant centers and institutes

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📢 The LAPIS Best Paper Committee extended the deadline for the LASA 2025 Best Paper Award to Feb 13, 2026. To nominate, you must be an active section member. If you’re not a LASA member, join via Friends of LASA.

📢 El Comité del Mejor Paper de LAPIS extendió el deadline del premio al mejor paper presentado en LASA 2025 hasta el 13 feb 2026. Para nominar, debe ser miembro activo. Si no es miembro LASA, puede unirse vía Friends of LASA.

La reforma judicial introdujo los Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial como pieza clave para investigar, sancionar o evaluar el desempeño de jueces y magistrados en todo el país Ricardo Alexys Valencia escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/01/trib...

Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial en las entidades federativas

La reforma judicial de 2024 introdujo los Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial como pieza clave para investigar, sancionar o evaluar el desempeño de jueces y magistrados en todo el país. Aunque su implem...

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Apply to join UCL’s Institute of the Americas as Lecturer in International Relations of the Americas 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

The AIM-3D Lab is a new Kellogg Research, Policy & Practice Lab sponsored with @lucyinstitute-nd.bsky.social. Led by Michael Coppedge and Dmitry Zaytsev and others, the team uses AI to model and forecast democratic and autocratic change worldwide. See their new website: https://sites.nd.edu/aim3d/

Just accepted for publication at Socio-Economic Review, my new paper co-authored with brilliant Princeton undergraduate Aishwarya Swamidurai! The "power to pollute" and "post-neoliberal" climate finance

Interested in studying in Germany? Come to the information session about available programs on Feb. 6. More info here: miamieuc.fiu.edu/events/gener...

German Research & Exchange Organizations Present Their Programs for Students and Faculty | Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence

Interested in Germany? Join German funding organizations to explore Research & Exchange Opportunities in Germany for Faculty and Students.

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How does democracy erode when the state itself is weakened? In The Democracy Paradox, Javier Pérez Sandoval (Kellogg Institute) explains why populist leaders "hollow out" state capacity – and what that means for justice, security, and elections. Listen: https://bit.ly/4qW9i0d

We are pleased to announce that the call for the 4th Annual Early Career Workshop on Social Science Approaches to Law and Courts is now live. If you are a PhD student or postdoc working in this area, you can send us your abstract via this link: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

Escucha el episodio más reciente del podcast Global Stage con la artista cubana Tania Bruguera sobre la relación entre arte, política y vida cotidiana: https://bit.ly/3NNzeMR #performanceart #cuba #latinamerica

Want expert commentary on Venezuela? Media appearances by FIU Green School faculty can be found here: sipa.fiu.edu/news-events/...

How institutional arrangements and coordination practices influence the temporal evolution and layering of policy design choices? Acciai & Terlizzi The Role of Institutions in Policy Design Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Role of Institutions in Policy Design: The Case of Research and Innovation Policies

This article investigates the diachronic evolution of institutional approaches to research and innovation policies (R&I) in France and the UK, with a focus on how institutional arrangements and coo...

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