Lecture:

“Interrupted Presidencies in Latin America and the Venezuelan Case”

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Description:

Almost 20 presidents have been forced to abandon office before their terms expire in Latin America since the mid 1980s.  I will discuss the political differences and similarities between these cases and the Maduro administration.

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Biography:

Javier Corrales is Dwight W. Morrow 1895 professor of Political Science at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.  He obtained his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University. Corrales’s research focuses on democratization and political economy of development.  His work on Latin America has focused on presidential powers, political parties, economic reforms, international relations, and sexuality.  He has published extensively on Venezuela, Cuba, and Argentina.

Corrales serves on the editorial board of Latin American Politics and Society and Americas Quarterly. He was president of the New England Council of Latin American Studies and Program Co-Chair of the 2010 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association.

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He is currently working on three separate projects:  the politics of constituent assemblies, variations in the performance of national oil companies, and the factors helping to expand LGBT rights in Latin America.