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John Polga-Hecimovich 🧉
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Political scientist at the U.S. Naval Academy, Minnesotan, Latin Americanist
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The book examines and develops the concept of authoritarian consolidation and then applies it to Maduro's Venezuela. Together with our contributors, we suggest a multicausal explanation for the consolidation of authoritarianism, with each chapter devoted to one of these plausible explanations.
March 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Day 1 of my "Comparative Politics of Latin America" course:
January 26, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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What a delightful present from colleague and friend Mike Kellermann! (Also, #IYKYK)
A red t-shirt with the words "Juan Linz was right" around the outline of the White House
January 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Happy to share my commentary on next month's presidential election in #Ecuador in @The_Dialogue's Latin America Advisor (originally written on Dec 20): tinyurl.com/3vaje8az
January 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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I guess that's *one* important thing that happened on January 6
January 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Pedro Castillo to Yoon Suk Yeol
December 4, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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Mañana en el Taller de Liderazgo Político en la UBA junto a Magdalena López y Miguel de Luca!

🕐22/11 - 17 hs (hora BBAA)
📍UBA, Sala de Consejo Directivo (1° piso),
y también en YouTube
November 21, 2024 at 5:29 PM