The 2023–24 Center for Inter-American Policy & Research Speaker Series, Violence, Inequality and Democracy in the Americas, explores challenges to democratic politics and effective governance in the region. Speakers will present cutting-edge research on the politics of criminal violence and civil conflict, protest movements, militarization, and democratic backsliding in diverse countries of Latin America. The Series engages students, faculty, and community members in dialogue on the most pressing issues facing the region today.

• Oct 9: John Polga-Hecimovich (U.S. Naval Academy)
• Oct 16: Kai Thaler (UC Santa Barbara)
• Nov 6: Abby Córdova (University of Notre Dame)
• Nov 27: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz (Harvard)