#  Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez 

 

 



   ![headshot of Manuel Melendez Sanchez](/sites/g/files/omnuum12451/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/drclas2/files/manuel_melendez-sanchez.jpg?itok=fVuzS9fr) 

 



 





 

**Manuel Meléndez-Sánchez** is a PhD candidate in the Department of Government. His research examines contemporary challenges to democratic institutions in Latin America, with a focus on Central America and Mexico. His dissertation explores the causes and consequences of efforts by criminal organizations to influence elections. He was a 2022-23 USIP and Minerva Peace and Security Scholar and a graduate of the University of Oxford and Harvard College. Manuel was born and raised in El Salvador.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Academic Year
    
     [2024-2025](/academic-year/2024-2025)
- ## Location
    
     [Cambridge](/locations/cambridge-office)
- ## People
    
     [Graduate Student Associate](/people/graduate-student-associate)