Speakers:
Ivan Chanis Barahona, Human Rights Defender and President of Fundación Iguales Margarita Salas, LGBT+ Rights Defender and President of VAMOS (Costa Rica) Hunter T. Carter, Partner/International Practice Co-Leader, Arent Fox LLP Javier Corrales, Professor/Chair of Political Science, Amherst College Gabriela Zavaleta, LGBTQ rights activist and president of Más Igualdad Perú Guy Mentel, Executive Director, Global Americans (moderator)
Despite the hurdles, the MAS crisis and Morales’s waning popularity hint at a possible political shift, one that could strengthen Bolivia’s battered democracy, pave the way for judicial reform, and address urgent environmental issues.
The paradoxical thing about Trump’s victory is that though Republicans likely won because of the importance of the economy and voters’ perception of the Democrats’ mishandling of it, Trump’s agenda based on lower taxes, higher tariffs and migrant deportations threatens to derail the recovery.
With the Morena party capture and dismantling of Mexico’s institutional structure, it is often declared that the country has reverted to the one-party system that dominated its politics for most of the 20th century. Yet, this interpretation is both a misreading of history and an inaccurate analogy.
