Laura Gamboa
@lgamboa.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the Keough School of Global Affairs (University of Notre Dame)
Political Science - Research on democracy in Latin America
Political Science - Research on democracy in Latin America
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🚨 Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court by adding two seats.
Republicans are doing this following court rulings against their gerrymander and their attempt to gut the ballot initiative process that voters used to ban gerrymandering
Republicans are doing this following court rulings against their gerrymander and their attempt to gut the ballot initiative process that voters used to ban gerrymandering
www.abc4.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:02 PM
🚨 Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court by adding two seats.
Republicans are doing this following court rulings against their gerrymander and their attempt to gut the ballot initiative process that voters used to ban gerrymandering
Republicans are doing this following court rulings against their gerrymander and their attempt to gut the ballot initiative process that voters used to ban gerrymandering
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🚨 Deadline is tomorrow! 🚨
Submit your abstract for the 4th APSG Conference in London 15-16 June here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submit your abstract for the 4th APSG Conference in London 15-16 June here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Come join us 15-16 June 2026 at @qmulsse.bsky.social for our 4th APSG Annual Conference co-organized with @qmul-sse-cgd.bsky.social !
To apply, fill this form by 1 February 2026: forms.gle/5eQ1NHMtK5GS...
For more information visit: apsg.work/call-for-pap...
To apply, fill this form by 1 February 2026: forms.gle/5eQ1NHMtK5GS...
For more information visit: apsg.work/call-for-pap...
Apply: 4th APSG Authoritarian Politics Conference
Complete the form to be considered for the 4th APSG Conference on Authoritarian Politics that will be held on 15-16 June 2026 in London (Queen Mary).
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January 31, 2026 at 11:18 AM
🚨 Deadline is tomorrow! 🚨
Submit your abstract for the 4th APSG Conference in London 15-16 June here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submit your abstract for the 4th APSG Conference in London 15-16 June here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The people of Minnesota are heroes. And the behind the scenes networks of immigrant advocacy organizations, churches, etc. are doing G-d’s work
This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The people of Minnesota are heroes. And the behind the scenes networks of immigrant advocacy organizations, churches, etc. are doing G-d’s work
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As #Venezuela skids deeper into a "food emergency," Trump's de facto new alliance with the repressive, corrupt regime there makes the crisis even more deadly. My article @newrepublic.com. @deanbaker13.bsky.social @dceiver.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2056...
Is Trump Going to Let Venezuela Starve?
The country is rapidly tipping into a dire food emergency caused in part by the U.S. blockade.
newrepublic.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
As #Venezuela skids deeper into a "food emergency," Trump's de facto new alliance with the repressive, corrupt regime there makes the crisis even more deadly. My article @newrepublic.com. @deanbaker13.bsky.social @dceiver.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2056...
Authoritarianism is BY DEFINITION unevenly distributed. Venezuela's SEBIN, Pinochet's DINA, and Russia's FSB target some and spare others. ICE isn't any better. Saying that authoritarianism in the US is uneven is just another way to dress the fact that US is turning into a dictatorship.
What’s so misguided about the formulation “authoritarianism is here, it’s just unevenly distributed,” which I have heard from Ezra Klein and others, it’s that it misses the point: that’s true of authoritarianism *everywhere*.
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Authoritarianism is BY DEFINITION unevenly distributed. Venezuela's SEBIN, Pinochet's DINA, and Russia's FSB target some and spare others. ICE isn't any better. Saying that authoritarianism in the US is uneven is just another way to dress the fact that US is turning into a dictatorship.
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For those of you interested, there is a relatively new podcast on democratic breakdown from Cornell's Center on Global Democracy led by @beattyriedl.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/democratic-d...
newbooksnetwork.com/democratic-d...
Democratic Dialogues: Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and (Partial) Recoveries - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
For those of you interested, there is a relatively new podcast on democratic breakdown from Cornell's Center on Global Democracy led by @beattyriedl.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/democratic-d...
newbooksnetwork.com/democratic-d...
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I wanted to make a thread about the useful analyses coming out about the situation in Venezuela, but there is a lot, and everyday new things come out.
It may be more useful to share some of the existing analysis of how we got here. Books in no particular order and on various themes/issues...
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It may be more useful to share some of the existing analysis of how we got here. Books in no particular order and on various themes/issues...
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January 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I wanted to make a thread about the useful analyses coming out about the situation in Venezuela, but there is a lot, and everyday new things come out.
It may be more useful to share some of the existing analysis of how we got here. Books in no particular order and on various themes/issues...
🧵
It may be more useful to share some of the existing analysis of how we got here. Books in no particular order and on various themes/issues...
🧵
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Tomorrow is the day - please join us for what promises to be an engaging conversation with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. See you at 2pm in the Hesburgh Center!
Join us this Fri., Jan. 16, for a flash panel on Venezuela with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. Moderated by @aperezli.bsky.social at the Hesburgh Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sy6Dv3
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Tomorrow is the day - please join us for what promises to be an engaging conversation with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. See you at 2pm in the Hesburgh Center!
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Join us this Fri., Jan. 16, for a flash panel on Venezuela with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. Moderated by @aperezli.bsky.social at the Hesburgh Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sy6Dv3
January 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Join us this Fri., Jan. 16, for a flash panel on Venezuela with @lgamboa.bsky.social, Michael Coppedge, and Paola Bautista de Alemán. Moderated by @aperezli.bsky.social at the Hesburgh Center. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4sy6Dv3
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📢LAPIS abre nominaciones 2025:
🔹 Best Paper Award (deadline: 23 enero)
Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
🔹 Best Paper Award (deadline: 23 enero)
Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Welcome
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
sections.lasaweb.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📢LAPIS abre nominaciones 2025:
🔹 Best Paper Award (deadline: 23 enero)
Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
🔹 Best Paper Award (deadline: 23 enero)
Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
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📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025)
Now open: 🏆 Best Paper Award (deadline Jan 23).
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Now open: 🏆 Best Paper Award (deadline Jan 23).
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Call for Nominations LAPIS Best Paper Award 2025
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
sections.lasaweb.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025)
Now open: 🏆 Best Paper Award (deadline Jan 23).
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Now open: 🏆 Best Paper Award (deadline Jan 23).
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
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📢 LAPIS abre nominaciones 2025:
🔹 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline: 16 enero)
🔹Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
🔹 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline: 16 enero)
🔹Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Welcome
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
sections.lasaweb.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 LAPIS abre nominaciones 2025:
🔹 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline: 16 enero)
🔹Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
🔹 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline: 16 enero)
🔹Más info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
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📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025)
Now open: 🏆 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline Jan 16)
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Now open: 🏆 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline Jan 16)
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Political Institutions | Call for Nominations Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award 2025
A section of the Latin American Studies Association
sections.lasaweb.org
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📢 Call for Nominations – LAPIS (2025)
Now open: 🏆 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline Jan 16)
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
Now open: 🏆 Donna Lee Van Cott Book Award (deadline Jan 16)
🔗 More info: sections.lasaweb.org/sections/pol...
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Autocratic capture comes to cities in Texas if this law passes.
Texas Young Republicans are calling upon TX lawmakers to pass a law allowing Governor Abbott to put blue TX cities into receivership. They say the State Leadership Initiative (SLI)—co-founded by Nate Fischer of New Founding — suggested the idea. New Founding partner Nathan Halberstadt loves it. 1/
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Autocratic capture comes to cities in Texas if this law passes.
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As the US threatens Venezuela, top military commanders might note that Venezuela is a member of the International Criminal Court and it has refused to sign an "Article 98 waiver" with the US. That means that Americans could be brought before the ICC on war crimes charges.
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As the US threatens Venezuela, top military commanders might note that Venezuela is a member of the International Criminal Court and it has refused to sign an "Article 98 waiver" with the US. That means that Americans could be brought before the ICC on war crimes charges.
Resistance to democratic backsliding is in many ways a fight to buy time. Not caving is key in that regard. It allows a very slow legal battle to play out.
Compare Harvard's resistance aided by law with Northwestern's negotiations and eventual cave-in:
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Majority of Harvard’s Research Funding Has Been Restored
As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organization...
www.insidehighered.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Resistance to democratic backsliding is in many ways a fight to buy time. Not caving is key in that regard. It allows a very slow legal battle to play out.
Reposted by Laura Gamboa
Compare Harvard's resistance aided by law with Northwestern's negotiations and eventual cave-in:
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Majority of Harvard’s Research Funding Has Been Restored
As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organization...
www.insidehighered.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Compare Harvard's resistance aided by law with Northwestern's negotiations and eventual cave-in:
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
As a newly minted Michigander I am proud to be represented by @slotkin.senate.gov. Thanks for speaking up Senator!
🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
As a newly minted Michigander I am proud to be represented by @slotkin.senate.gov. Thanks for speaking up Senator!
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Postdoc Opportunity!
Purdue University
The Center for American Political History, Media, and Technology (CAPT) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in research at the intersection of media, politics, and technology in modern America.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69524/p...
Purdue University
The Center for American Political History, Media, and Technology (CAPT) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in research at the intersection of media, politics, and technology in modern America.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69524/p...
Purdue University - Postdoctoral Research Fellow | H-Net
networks.h-net.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Postdoc Opportunity!
Purdue University
The Center for American Political History, Media, and Technology (CAPT) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in research at the intersection of media, politics, and technology in modern America.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69524/p...
Purdue University
The Center for American Political History, Media, and Technology (CAPT) seeks a Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in research at the intersection of media, politics, and technology in modern America.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69524/p...
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11) Erosión democrática en Estados Unidos: una alerta roja para la región / Por @lgamboa.bsky.social
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Latinoamerica21 | Una región, todas las voces | Inicio - Latinoamérica 21
latinoamerica21.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
11) Erosión democrática en Estados Unidos: una alerta roja para la región / Por @lgamboa.bsky.social
latinoamerica21.com/es/
latinoamerica21.com/es/
Reflexiones sobre la erosión democrática en EEUU y su impacto en América Latina
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reflexiones sobre la erosión democrática en EEUU y su impacto en América Latina
This is the kind of campaign unleashed against the few Republicans opposing redistricting in Indiana…How can non-Republicans counteract that kind of pressure?
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is the kind of campaign unleashed against the few Republicans opposing redistricting in Indiana…How can non-Republicans counteract that kind of pressure?
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New article out in @polstudies.bsky.social!
Why do opposition parties in authoritarian regimes so often fail to coordinate, even when unity could help them win?
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
In this article, we highlight two overlooked drivers of opposition fragmentation 🧵
Why do opposition parties in authoritarian regimes so often fail to coordinate, even when unity could help them win?
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
In this article, we highlight two overlooked drivers of opposition fragmentation 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New article out in @polstudies.bsky.social!
Why do opposition parties in authoritarian regimes so often fail to coordinate, even when unity could help them win?
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
In this article, we highlight two overlooked drivers of opposition fragmentation 🧵
Why do opposition parties in authoritarian regimes so often fail to coordinate, even when unity could help them win?
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
In this article, we highlight two overlooked drivers of opposition fragmentation 🧵
People think the closest example to what is happening in the US is Hungary. I think is Guatemala (2017-2023) where the Corrupt Pact co-opted state institutions and undermined state capacity to enhance impunity and corruption
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
People think the closest example to what is happening in the US is Hungary. I think is Guatemala (2017-2023) where the Corrupt Pact co-opted state institutions and undermined state capacity to enhance impunity and corruption