María Laura Veramendi García
@marialauravg.bsky.social
🧭 mamá de Maya.
🤓 Socióloga PUCP, MPA @maxwellsu.bsky.social, PhD Candidate @supolisci.bsky.social
💡Politics of policies and social rights. Business power. Latin America.
🇵🇪 *always* in my ❤️&🧠
🤓 Socióloga PUCP, MPA @maxwellsu.bsky.social, PhD Candidate @supolisci.bsky.social
💡Politics of policies and social rights. Business power. Latin America.
🇵🇪 *always* in my ❤️&🧠
Current state of Peruvian Politics in a snapshot: late last night, the eighth presidential transition in ten years took place 🙃
Como diría mi mamá: así las cosas… 🤦🏽♀️
Como diría mi mamá: así las cosas… 🤦🏽♀️
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Current state of Peruvian Politics in a snapshot: late last night, the eighth presidential transition in ten years took place 🙃
Como diría mi mamá: así las cosas… 🤦🏽♀️
Como diría mi mamá: así las cosas… 🤦🏽♀️
Today in “Songs for a LatAm Politics Class”:
El Baile de los Que Sobran (En Vivo) - 2019 Remasterizado
open.spotify.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today in “Songs for a LatAm Politics Class”:
Exhausted 🫠 and it’s only Wednesday!) But happy 🙃. Today, soon after I got out of bed at 5am to put in an hour of PhD work before the little one wakes up, I learned that my paper proposal to the Conference on Policy Process Research has been accepted! 🤓
Switzerland (or Boston) here we* come!
Switzerland (or Boston) here we* come!
October 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Exhausted 🫠 and it’s only Wednesday!) But happy 🙃. Today, soon after I got out of bed at 5am to put in an hour of PhD work before the little one wakes up, I learned that my paper proposal to the Conference on Policy Process Research has been accepted! 🤓
Switzerland (or Boston) here we* come!
Switzerland (or Boston) here we* come!
Last Friday was a very special day at @maxwellsu.bsky.social : the first meeting of the Latin American Politics Discussion Group, which I co-coordinate with Erika Arias under the mentorship of Jessie Trudeau. ✨
September 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Last Friday was a very special day at @maxwellsu.bsky.social : the first meeting of the Latin American Politics Discussion Group, which I co-coordinate with Erika Arias under the mentorship of Jessie Trudeau. ✨
😬
August 30, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Let’s see if I can find here what I can’t by trying to call the IRS:
Have any of you hired an RA (not a US citizen or resident) to gather data in a different country & work remotely? If so, what things need to be considered regarding taxes or other legal issues? Thanks! @academic-chatter.bsky.social
Have any of you hired an RA (not a US citizen or resident) to gather data in a different country & work remotely? If so, what things need to be considered regarding taxes or other legal issues? Thanks! @academic-chatter.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Let’s see if I can find here what I can’t by trying to call the IRS:
Have any of you hired an RA (not a US citizen or resident) to gather data in a different country & work remotely? If so, what things need to be considered regarding taxes or other legal issues? Thanks! @academic-chatter.bsky.social
Have any of you hired an RA (not a US citizen or resident) to gather data in a different country & work remotely? If so, what things need to be considered regarding taxes or other legal issues? Thanks! @academic-chatter.bsky.social
New addition to our coffee station ✨ Or, as I told my daughter the other day: this is mami and papi’s new toy 🙃
August 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
New addition to our coffee station ✨ Or, as I told my daughter the other day: this is mami and papi’s new toy 🙃
Yesterday was Peru’s Independence Day. We celebrated with lots of Peruvian food, music, and clothing.
Exposing my daughter to her Peruvian roots fills my heart with joy. At the same time, this celebration felt bitter. It happened amidst a worrisome political context, to say the least, and the…
Exposing my daughter to her Peruvian roots fills my heart with joy. At the same time, this celebration felt bitter. It happened amidst a worrisome political context, to say the least, and the…
July 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yesterday was Peru’s Independence Day. We celebrated with lots of Peruvian food, music, and clothing.
Exposing my daughter to her Peruvian roots fills my heart with joy. At the same time, this celebration felt bitter. It happened amidst a worrisome political context, to say the least, and the…
Exposing my daughter to her Peruvian roots fills my heart with joy. At the same time, this celebration felt bitter. It happened amidst a worrisome political context, to say the least, and the…
Felicidades @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social! ☺️
Benjamin Garcia-Holgado Receives the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award for “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy”
The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of…
The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of…
Benjamin Garcia-Holgado Receives the 2025 Edward S. Corwin Award for “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy”
The Edward S. Corwin Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public law. Citation from the Award Committee: Benjamin Garcia-Holgado’s “The Judicial Bulwark: Courts and the Populist Erosion of Democracy” is an ambitious examination of the conditions under which courts can promote or prevent the process of autocratization by populist executives.
politicalsciencenow.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Felicidades @bgarciaholgado.bsky.social! ☺️
Reposted by María Laura Veramendi García
📣 ¡Ya está abierta la convocatoria para propuestas LASA2026 Paris! 🇫🇷
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026
July 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
📣 ¡Ya está abierta la convocatoria para propuestas LASA2026 Paris! 🇫🇷
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026
📝 Envía tu propuesta antes del 9 de septiembre de 2025
*Se requiere membresía vigente
🔗 Info: loom.ly/BGVrRvQ
#CallForPapers #LASA2026
Songs that I had to play on repeat today, per the orders of my 4yo:
Blueberry Island, by The Julie Ruin
Funky Town, by Lipps Inc.
Take on me, by A-ha.
It was a good day 🙂
Blueberry Island, by The Julie Ruin
Funky Town, by Lipps Inc.
Take on me, by A-ha.
It was a good day 🙂
June 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Songs that I had to play on repeat today, per the orders of my 4yo:
Blueberry Island, by The Julie Ruin
Funky Town, by Lipps Inc.
Take on me, by A-ha.
It was a good day 🙂
Blueberry Island, by The Julie Ruin
Funky Town, by Lipps Inc.
Take on me, by A-ha.
It was a good day 🙂
If I don’t text back, call back, or email back, it is because I am in hardcore IQMR-prep mode (not as a participant anymore 🤓, but as a coordinator 😎)
Two more days to go! 🔥
Two more days to go! 🔥
June 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If I don’t text back, call back, or email back, it is because I am in hardcore IQMR-prep mode (not as a participant anymore 🤓, but as a coordinator 😎)
Two more days to go! 🔥
Two more days to go! 🔥
Not sure why but every time I listen to this song I’m like “I’m playing this in a Latin American Politics class”
open.spotify.com/track/3sN2w3...
open.spotify.com/track/3sN2w3...
El Padre Antonio y El Monaguillo Andrés
Rubén Blades · Todos Vuelven Live Volume 1 · Song · 2011
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May 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Not sure why but every time I listen to this song I’m like “I’m playing this in a Latin American Politics class”
open.spotify.com/track/3sN2w3...
open.spotify.com/track/3sN2w3...
Reposted by María Laura Veramendi García
Proud to share my first article from my dissertation research in Callao, Peru (my hometown). The article shows how cultural frameworks about gender & race shape how violence against women is interpreted, revealing how community & state actors’ meanings of violence sustain structural inequality.
Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins
Abstract. This article examines how cultural frameworks shape interpretations of women’s experiences of violence. Based on 16 months of ethnographic fieldw
academic.oup.com
May 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Proud to share my first article from my dissertation research in Callao, Peru (my hometown). The article shows how cultural frameworks about gender & race shape how violence against women is interpreted, revealing how community & state actors’ meanings of violence sustain structural inequality.
Reposted by María Laura Veramendi García
“I think this is a good thing for Peru. It’s like winning the World Cup!”
‘The pope is Peruvian’: elation in country where pontiff served as bishop
Leo XIV celebrated as second Latin American pope having spent many years in Peru’s church
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“I think this is a good thing for Peru. It’s like winning the World Cup!”
Reposted by María Laura Veramendi García
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
American-born Cardinal Robert F. Prevost is elected pope
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru’s poorest enclave and even became a naturalized citizen there.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago who is now the first American-born pope, has spent most of his career outside of the U.S, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
The “Latin Yankee,” as he is known in Rome, worked 20 years in Peru.
Reposted by María Laura Veramendi García
OK, a Peruvian Pope was not in my bingo card but here we are. Wild times!
May 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
OK, a Peruvian Pope was not in my bingo card but here we are. Wild times!
Reposted by María Laura Veramendi García
Notably, Prevost is easily the least typical "American Catholic" of the American cardinals. He was Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) and a veteran of the curia, and he's much more aligned with Pope Francis than with the other prominent American bishops.
May 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Notably, Prevost is easily the least typical "American Catholic" of the American cardinals. He was Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) and a veteran of the curia, and he's much more aligned with Pope Francis than with the other prominent American bishops.
Reposted by María Laura Veramendi García
🇻🇦El cardenal Robert Prevost fue elegido en el cargo de máximo representante de la Iglesia Católica. El nuevo Papa, quien tomó el nombre de León XIV es de origen estadounidense y cuenta con nacionalidad peruana.
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🇻🇦El cardenal Robert Prevost fue elegido en el cargo de máximo representante de la Iglesia Católica. El nuevo Papa, quien tomó el nombre de León XIV es de origen estadounidense y cuenta con nacionalidad peruana.
Peruvians are going crazy right now, especially those from Chiclayo, on the country's northern coast (check details of the new Pope’s bio).
I have a million issues with the Catholic Church, but this is a joy my country very much needed 🙂
I have a million issues with the Catholic Church, but this is a joy my country very much needed 🙂
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Peruvians are going crazy right now, especially those from Chiclayo, on the country's northern coast (check details of the new Pope’s bio).
I have a million issues with the Catholic Church, but this is a joy my country very much needed 🙂
I have a million issues with the Catholic Church, but this is a joy my country very much needed 🙂
Recently, someone suggested that I stop studying the politics of healthcare: “It's too complicated.”
I'm sorry, I can’t. This piece is an excellent, unfortunate example of why I can’t ignore such a problematic topic in the US, my country, and other parts of the world.
I'm sorry, I can’t. This piece is an excellent, unfortunate example of why I can’t ignore such a problematic topic in the US, my country, and other parts of the world.
I have written many healthcare stories, but never before have I written about my own health. I decided to do so after learning one of my drugs costs nearly $1,000 a pill and just 25 cents to make. What I found was an incredible story of discovery and exploitation. www.propublica.org/article/revl...
The Price of Remission
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Recently, someone suggested that I stop studying the politics of healthcare: “It's too complicated.”
I'm sorry, I can’t. This piece is an excellent, unfortunate example of why I can’t ignore such a problematic topic in the US, my country, and other parts of the world.
I'm sorry, I can’t. This piece is an excellent, unfortunate example of why I can’t ignore such a problematic topic in the US, my country, and other parts of the world.
Hoy en las aventuras de Maya Papaya: conociendo el Atlántico 🙃
April 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hoy en las aventuras de Maya Papaya: conociendo el Atlántico 🙃
A leer.
By
#DanSlater
The "Third Wave of Democratization" (1974–1991) did not begin with a rising tide of liberal popular resistance, as the moniker implies. It began with the global exhaustion of large-scale right-wing authoritarian repression
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#DanSlater
The "Third Wave of Democratization" (1974–1991) did not begin with a rising tide of liberal popular resistance, as the moniker implies. It began with the global exhaustion of large-scale right-wing authoritarian repression
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - The Authoritarian Origins of the Third Wave
muse.jhu.edu
April 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A leer.
Happy work-from-home day to those who celebrate (me ☺️).
(Much needed time to work from the couch, in front of flowers and a candle, and with Debussy’s melodies filling the air 🎵)
(Much needed time to work from the couch, in front of flowers and a candle, and with Debussy’s melodies filling the air 🎵)
April 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Happy work-from-home day to those who celebrate (me ☺️).
(Much needed time to work from the couch, in front of flowers and a candle, and with Debussy’s melodies filling the air 🎵)
(Much needed time to work from the couch, in front of flowers and a candle, and with Debussy’s melodies filling the air 🎵)