CLALSES
McNeil 410
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This guest lecture will take place during Jane Esberg's course, U.S. Intervention in Latin America.
Abstract:
Five years ago, policymakers in Washington deployed a range of weapons ostensibly aimed at promoting democracy in Venezuela. Since then, Venezuela has become less democratic. What went wrong? This talk will describe the character and consequences of recent U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela.
Presenter Bio:
Dorothy Kronick is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at Berkeley. She studies contemporary Latin American politics, focusing on Venezuelan politics and the politics of crime and policing. Her work has been published in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Science, and Science Advances, among other outlets. Her commentary on Venezuelan politics has appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post.