The Unraveling of Latin America? The spread of social unrest and the limits of political systems.

 ILAS and LASA invite to discuss the spread of social unrest and the limits of political systems in Latin America.

"In less than six months Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile experienced political crisis that brought their citizens to the streets showing the limits of political systems to channel demands and aggregate different preferences. These crises come at a time of low economic growth and migration crises out of Venezuela and the Northern triangle and political stalemates in Nicaragua and Honduras as well as events that highlight the limits to state capacity in both Mexico and Brazil. Whereas a decade ago, Latin America was growing and reducing inequality, today the Chilean crisis highlights the limits faced by their democracies to respond to the demands of the citizenry".

A panel by:

Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania.

Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva, UNDP.

Maria Victoria Murillo, Columbia.

Patricio Navia, NYU.

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