Latin American Security Challenges Amidst Authoritarian Populism Series
Latin American Security Challenges Amidst Authoritarian Populism Series
This seminar 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: first, as effectiveness to the citizens’ legitimate demands of protection against violence, impunity, and uncertainty, and second as feasibility to offer rule of law solutions able to outcompete populist authoritarian alternatives. In other words, what scholars’ research and practitioners’ experience can say about the 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.
It was organized and moderated by Claudia López, Harvard’s 2024 Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow and former Mayor of Bogotá (2020–2023)
Presented in collaboration with the Center for International Development and the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University.
Panel 1: Tackling Crime and Justice Failures: Strategies for Effective Policing and Justice provision.
Speakers:
Guillermo Trejo, University of Notre Dame
Rodrigo Canales, Boston University
Horacio Rodriguez-Larreta, former Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Introduction by Alisha Holland, Harvard University.
Moderated by Claudia Lopez, Harvard 2024 Advance Leadership Initiative Fellow, Mayor of Bogota 2020-2023.
Panel 2: Organized Crime and Rents: Between Militarization, Negotiation and Regulation.
Speakers:
Marcelo Bergman, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina
Angelica Duran-Martinez, UMass Lowell
Michael Weintraub, Universidad de los Andes
Introduction by Steve Levitsky, Harvard University.
Moderated by Claudia Lopez, Harvard 2024 Advance Leadership Initiative Fellow, Mayor of Bogota 2020-2023.
Panel 3: Navigating Populism: The Future of Democratic Politics in Latin America Amidst Insecurity and Inequality
Speakers:
Steve Levitsky, Harvard University.
Gustavo Flores-Macias, Cornell University
Carlos Alvarado, Tufts University
Moderated by Claudia Lopez, Harvard 2024 Advance Leadership Initiative Fellow, Mayor of Bogota 2020-2023.
Panel 4: Tackling State Capacity Amidst Insecurity and Inequality Challenges
*Please note that due to technical difficulties, this video will only feature audio and screen presentations.
Speakers:
William Maloney, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank.
Kent Eaton, Distinguished Professor of Politics, University of California Santa Cruz.
Hillel Soifer, Associate Professor of Political Science, Temple University.
Introduction by Steve Levitsky, David Rockefeller Professor of Latin American Studies and Professor of Government; Director of DRCLAS, Harvard University.
Moderated by Claudia Lopez, Harvard 2024 Advance Leadership Initiative Fellow, Mayor of Bogota 2020-2023.
Panel 5: Strengthening Effective Justice Provision in Latin America
Speakers
Daniel Brinks, Professor and Department Chair, University of Austin at Texas
Ana Arjona, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University.
Deborah Boucoyannis, Professional Lecturer, George Washington University
Moderated by Claudia Lopez, Harvard 2024 Advance Leadership Initiative Fellow, Mayor of Bogota 2020-2023.