Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies McNeil Building 403 (4PM-5:45PM) & McNeil Atrium (5:45 PM- 7PM)
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Join us as we celebrate CLALS Director Tulia Falleti (LALS Director 2016-2020; Founding Director of CLALS, 2021-present) and welcome incoming Director Jorge Téllez.
4PM - Special panel discussion on Democracy in Latin America Today - Successes and Challenges (McNeil 403)
In this diverse hybrid panel, political scientists with different approaches discuss the successes and challenges of democracy today in Latin America. They speak from various countries in Latin America and touch on different aspects that affect democracy, including but not limited to energy transitions, environmental degradation, racial and Indigenous politics, populism, electoral politics, and activism. How are these issues affecting the trajectories of democracy in Latin America? What are some successes and key challenges they pose? We welcome Dr. Falleti's former and current graduate students: Santiago Cunial, Research Economist, Inter-American Development Bank; Mariana Giusti Rodríguez, Assistant Professor, Comparative Politics, Naval Postgraduate School; Javier Rebelo Rebolledo, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Universidad del Rosario; Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor, Political Science, Providence College; Giovani Rocha, Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science and Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania
5:00 PM - Tribute to Tulia Falleti and her contributions to CLALS (McNeil 403)
5:30/45 PM - La Fuerza Upenn performs (McNeil Atrium)
6:00 PM - Dinner and Fiesta! (McNeil Atrium)