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Democracy on the Brink: Understanding Mexico's Authoritarian Turn
Democracy on the Brink: Understanding Mexico's Authoritarian Turn
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42 minutes
Released:
Mar 2, 2023
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Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s recent moves to undermine the country’s National Electoral Institute have sparked massive pro-democracy protests and stoked fears that the country is backsliding into authoritarianism. On Deep Dish, Denise Dresser, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and Guillermo Trejo, Notre Dame and Kellogg Institue, discuss Mexico’s future and why everyone should care that the country’s elites are weakening and dismantling democratic systems. Reading List: Mexico’s Dying Democracy, Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, October 21, 2022 Mexico’s Illiberal Democratic Trap, Guillermo Trejo, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, February 17, 2021
Released:
Mar 2, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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