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Agradecemos al comité evaluador por su cuidadosa evaluación: Belén Fernández Milmanda, @ddemicheli.bsky.social y @egocantos.bsky.social.

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Nos complace anunciar al ganador del Premio Donna Lee Van Cott 2025: Raúl Madrid (UT Austin) (@raullorcamadrid.bsky.social) por The Birth of Democracy in South America.
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¡Felicitaciones!

#LAPIS #LASA2025 #LatinAmericanPolitics

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We thank the award committee for their careful evaluation:

Belén Fernández Milmanda, @ddemicheli.bsky.social, and @egocantos.bsky.social

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We are pleased to announce the 2025 Donna Lee Van Cott Award winner: Raúl Madrid (UT Austin) (@raullorcamadrid.bsky.social) for The Birth of Democracy in South America. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b....

Congratulations!

#LAPIS2025

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Agradecemos al comité evaluador:
Silvia Otero-Bahamon, @gontrerasa.bsky.social y @anriasantiago.bsky.social.

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Felicidades a los ganadores del Premio LAPIS al Mejor Artículo 2025: Verónica Pérez Betancur, Rafael Piñeiro-Rodríguez y Fernando Rosenblatt (@fernandorosenblatt.bsky.social) por su trabajo: “La incorporación política de los sectores populares en América Latina.”

#LASA2025

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We thank the award committee:

Silvia Otero-Bahamon, @gontrerasa.bsky.social, and @anriasantiago.bsky.social

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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 LAPIS Best Paper Award: Verónica Pérez Betancur, Rafael Piñeiro-Rodríguez, and Fernando Rosenblatt @fernandorosenblatt.bsky.social
for their paper: “The Political Incorporation of Popular Sectors in Latin America.”

Congratulations!

#LASA2025

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Exciting news! Accountability Shock is available! The book shows how robust transitional justice contributes to the development of peaceful democracies and prevents the outbreak of criminal wars. It is the product of a truly amazing intellectual partnership with G. Trejo and @tiscornia21.bsky.social

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Is there a way back after the Venezuelan diaspora? - Latinoamérica 21 Analysis L21 |The big question is not only when Venezuelans will return. Is there a way back after the Venezuelan diaspora?

ICYMI: PIR’s Ernesto Fiocchetto’s work “Is there a way back after the Venezuelan diaspora?” was recently featured in Latinoamérica21. Read it here: latinoamerica21.com/en/is-there-...

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La reescritura del contrato social en los estados Mientras la atención se centra en reformas federales, los estados viven una intensa modernización de sus leyes de desarrollo social (2023–2025), transitando del asistencialismo a derechos exigibles, c...

En paralelo a lo ocurrido en el ámbito federal, más de la mitad de las entidades federativas han reformado o sustituido sus leyes de desarrollo social

Manuel Ignacio Martínez Espinoza escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos

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Gobierno anuncia históricas alzas de bencina y diésel por guerra en Irán, y activa plan de medidas paliativas - La Tercera Ministro de Hacienda, Jorge Quiroz, detalló a CNN Chile que el precio de la gasolina de 93 octanos subirá del orden de $370 por litro y el diésel lo hará en $580 por litro a partir de este jueves. Ade...

Y al mismo tiempo dicen que hay mucha micro y mucha ciclovía.

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New Journal of Politics in Latin America 1/2026 This issue covers such key topics as the impact of political trust on citizen engagement, the systematic elimination of social leaders, electoral accountability in federative systems during times of c...

New issue of the Journal of Politics in #LatinAmerica out! It examines how political trust shapes citizen behaviour in unequal contexts, models of constitution-making in #Brazil and #Chile, how people relate to the police, and more.

➡️Read: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/new...

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From the Kellogg Violence and Transitional Justice Policy and Practice Research Lab - get your copy today!

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Bringing War Back In Cambridge Core - Comparative Politics - Bringing War Back In

📚 Best Book in Foreign Policy Analysis. Winner: Luis Schenoni, Bringing War Back In
Victory, Defeat, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Latin America
@llschenoni.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
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This coming week at the University of Richmond! 💚 I will be also offering a food studies workshop with my dear and brilliant colleague, Karina Vazquez. It is actually a great excuse to learn from her! 💖

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Understanding Cuba's uncertain future with FIU experts FIU experts are available to provide context, historical perspective and analysis.

Interested in hearing from FIU experts on Cuba? Check out the website “Understanding Cuba’s Uncertain Future,” which features PIR Professors Pedreira, Gamarra, and Moreno. Find it here: news.fiu.edu/2026/underst...

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Happy to share my new paper published in @LAPSjournal.

Do voters take into account the deaths of family members and close friends when evaluating the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly when that response is problematic or even negligent? bit.ly/3MBjEDW

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A department on the rise: Notre Dame political science turns heads with big hires, impactful research, and vibrant centers and institutes …

So proud to be a part of this intellectual community research.nd.edu/news-and-eve...

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📢 The LAPIS Best Paper Committee extended the deadline for the LASA 2025 Best Paper Award to Feb 13, 2026. To nominate, you must be an active section member. If you’re not a LASA member, join via Friends of LASA.

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📢 El Comité del Mejor Paper de LAPIS extendió el deadline del premio al mejor paper presentado en LASA 2025 hasta el 13 feb 2026. Para nominar, debe ser miembro activo. Si no es miembro LASA, puede unirse vía Friends of LASA.

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Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial en las entidades federativas La reforma judicial de 2024 introdujo los Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial como pieza clave para investigar, sancionar o evaluar el desempeño de jueces y magistrados en todo el país. Aunque su implem...

La reforma judicial introdujo los Tribunales de Disciplina Judicial como pieza clave para investigar, sancionar o evaluar el desempeño de jueces y magistrados en todo el país

Ricardo Alexys Valencia escribe en Pacto Federal, el blog de federalismo en Nexos

federalismo.nexos.com.mx/2026/01/trib...

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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Apply to join UCL’s Institute of the Americas as Lecturer in International Relations of the Americas 👇
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The AIM-3D Lab is a new Kellogg Research, Policy & Practice Lab sponsored with @lucyinstitute-nd.bsky.social. Led by Michael Coppedge and Dmitry Zaytsev and others, the team uses AI to model and forecast democratic and autocratic change worldwide. See their new website: https://sites.nd.edu/aim3d/

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Just accepted for publication at Socio-Economic Review, my new paper co-authored with brilliant Princeton undergraduate Aishwarya Swamidurai!

The "power to pollute" and "post-neoliberal" climate
finance

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German Research & Exchange Organizations Present Their Programs for Students and Faculty | Miami-Florida Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence Interested in Germany? Join German funding organizations to explore Research & Exchange Opportunities in Germany for Faculty and Students.

Interested in studying in Germany? Come to the information session about available programs on Feb. 6. More info here: miamieuc.fiu.edu/events/gener...

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How does democracy erode when the state itself is weakened?

In The Democracy Paradox, Javier Pérez Sandoval (Kellogg Institute) explains why populist leaders "hollow out" state capacity – and what that means for justice, security, and elections.

Listen: https://bit.ly/4qW9i0d

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We are pleased to announce that the call for the 4th Annual Early Career Workshop on Social Science Approaches to Law and Courts is now live. If you are a PhD student or postdoc working in this area, you can send us your abstract via this link: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

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Escucha el episodio más reciente del podcast Global Stage con la artista cubana Tania Bruguera sobre la relación entre arte, política y vida cotidiana: https://bit.ly/3NNzeMR
#performanceart #cuba #latinamerica

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Want expert commentary on Venezuela? Media appearances by FIU Green School faculty can be found here: sipa.fiu.edu/news-events/...

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