Please join via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/3fkzxnr9
A conversation with Rodrigo Berrenechea (Harvard University & Universidad Católica del Uruguay) and Susan Stokes (University of Chicago).
This panel discussion, moderated by Yale Professor of Political Science Isabela Mares, will discuss the backsliding in Latin America, covering the ongoing political situation in Peru and the riots in Brazil’s capital earlier this month, ultimately providing an analysis of the current state of democracy in Latin America.
Co-sponsored by Yale MacMillan Center’s Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies and the University of Chicago’s Center on Democracy
About Brian Winter
Brian Winter is the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and one of Latin
America’s most influential political analysts, with more than
20 years following the region’s ups and downs. He lived in
Brazil, Argentina and Mexico as a correspondent for Reuters
before taking on his current role in New York, where he is also
the vice president of policy for the Americas Society and Council
of the Americas. He has been called “the best foreign expert on
Brazil of this moment” by GloboNews. Brian is the author of
several books including Why Soccer Matters, a New York Times
bestseller he wrote with the Brazilian soccer legend Pelé; The
Accidental President of Brazil, co-authored with President
Fernando Henrique Cardoso; and Long After Midnight, a memoir
about trying (and failing) to learn to tango in Argentina. He is
a regular contributor to television and radio, the host of the
Americas Quarterly Podcast and a prolific barbecuer and chef.
Proficient in Spanish and Portuguese, Brian speaks frequently
about Latin America’s past, present and future to investors and
general-interest audiences.